Defn: Like silver in appearance or in sound. Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly doth progress on thy cheeks. Shak.
SILVERN
Sil"vern, a. Etym: [AS. seolfern, sylfren.]
Defn: Made of silver. [Archaic.] Wyclif (Acts xix. 24).
Speech is silvern; silence is golden. Old Proverb.
SILVERSIDES
Sil"ver*sides`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidæ, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker. Brook silversides (Zoöl.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides.
SILVERSMITH
Sil"ver*smith`, n.
Defn: One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.
SILVERSPOT
Sil"ver*spot`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite.
SILVER STATE
Silver State.