SILKENING

Verb

silkening

present participle of silken

Anagrams

• likenings

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Silk"en, v. t.

Definition: To render silken or silklike. Dyer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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