SILKEN
Silk"en, a. Etym: [AS. seolcen, seolocen.]
1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.
2. Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. "Silken terms precise." Shak.
3. Dressed in silk. "A . . . silken wanton." Shak.
SILKEN
Silk"en, v. t.
Defn: To render silken or silklike. Dyer.
SILKINESS
Silk"i*ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.
2. Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness. [R.] B. Jonson.
SILKMAN
Silk"man, n.; pl. Silkmen (.