Defn: To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.
SILT
Silt, v. i.
Defn: To flow through crevices; to percolate.
SILTY
Silt"y, a.
Defn: Full of silt; resembling silt.
SILUNDUM
Si*lun"dum, n. [Trade name]
Defn: A form of silicon carbide, produced in the electric furnace, possessing great hardness, and high electrical resistance, and not subject to oxidation below 2880º F., or 1600º C.
SILURE
Si*lure", n. Etym: [L. silurus a sort of river fish, Gr. silure.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: A fish of the genus Silurus, as the sheatfish; a siluroid.
SILURIAN Si*lu"ri*an, a. Etym: [From L. Silures, a people who anciently inhabited a part of England and Wales.] (Geol.)