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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Silver \Sil"ver\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
        leaf; a silver cup.
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     2. Resembling silver. Specifically:


        (a) Bright; resplendent; white. "Silver hair." --Shak.
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                  Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed
                  Their downy breast.               --Milton.
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        (b) Precious; costly.
        (c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "Silver
            voices." --Spenser.
        (d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. "Silver slumber." --Spenser.
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     {American silver fir} (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under
        {Balsam}.
  
     {Silver age} (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of
        the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers
        of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
        the previous golden age, so-called.
  
     {Silver-bell tree} (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree
        ({Halesia tetraptera}) with white bell-shaped flowers in
        clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.
  
     {Silver bush} (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant ({Anthyllis
        Barba-Jovis}) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.
        
  
     {Silver chub} (Zool.), the fallfish.
  
     {Silver eel}. (Zool.)
        (a) The cutlass fish.
        (b) A pale variety of the common eel.
  
     {Silver fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Abies pectinata})
        found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
        Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
        feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.
        
  
     {Silver foil}, foil made of silver.
  
     {Silver fox} (Zool.), a variety of the common fox ({Vulpes
        vulpes}, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts of
        Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with
        silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also {black
        fox}, and {silver-gray fox}.
  
     {Silver gar}. (Zool.) See {Billfish}
        (a) .
  
     {Silver grain} (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular
        tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
        exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak
        they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
        pine, cherry, etc.
  
     {Silver grebe} (Zool.), the red-throated diver. See Illust.
        under {Diver}.
  
     {Silver hake} (Zool.), the American whiting.
  
     {Silver leaf}, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
        thin.
  
     {Silver lunge} (Zool.), the namaycush.
  
     {Silver moonfish}.(Zool.) See {Moonfish}
        (b) .
  
     {Silver moth} (Zool.), a lepisma.
  
     {Silver owl} (Zool.), the barn owl.
  
     {Silver perch} (Zool.), the mademoiselle, 2.
  
     {Silver pheasant} (Zool.), any one of several species of
        beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of
        the genus {Euplocamus}. They have the tail and more or
        less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common
        species ({Euplocamus nychtemerus}) is native of China.
  
     {Silver plate},
        (a) domestic utensils made of a base metal coated with
            silver.
        (b) a plating of silver on a base metal.
  
     {Silver plover} (Zool.), the knot.
  
     {Silver salmon} (Zool.), a salmon ({Oncorhynchus kisutch})
        native of both coasts of the North Pacific. It ascends all
        the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento. Called
        also {kisutch}, {whitefish}, and {white salmon}.
  
     {Silver shell} (Zool.), a marine bivalve of the genus Anomia.
        See {Anomia}.
  
     {Silver steel}, an alloy of steel with a very small
        proportion of silver.
  
     {Silver stick}, a title given to the title field officer of
        the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.]
        --Thackeray.
  
     {Silver tree} (Bot.), a South African tree ({Leucadendron
        argenteum}) with long, silvery, silky leaves.
  
     {Silver trout}, (Zool.) See {Trout}.
  
     {Silver wedding}. See under {Wedding}.
  
     {Silver whiting} (Zool.), a marine sciaenoid food fish
        ({Menticirrus littoralis}) native of the Southern United
        States; -- called also {surf whiting}.
  
     {Silver witch} (Zool.), A lepisma.
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