SILVERN

silver, silvern, silvery

(adjective) having the white lustrous sheen of silver; “a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap”; “repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen”

silvern, silvery

(adjective) resembling or reminiscent of silver; “a soft silvern voice”; “singing in her silvery tones”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

silvern (not comparable)

(literary) Made of silver; or resembling or characteristic of silver; silvery.

Source: Wiktionary


Sil"vern, a. Etym: [AS. seolfern, sylfren.]

Definition: Made of silver. [Archaic.] Wyclif (Acts xix. 24). Speech is silvern; silence is golden. Old Proverb.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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