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Webster 1913 Edition
Silken
Silk′en
,Adj.
[AS.
seolcen
, seolocen
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk;
as,
. silken
cloth; a silken
veil2.
Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth;
“Silken terms precise.” as,
. silken
languageShak.
3.
Dressed in silk.
“A . . . silken wanton.” Shak.
Silk′en
,Verb.
T.
To render silken or silklike.
Dyer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Silken
SILKEN
,Adj.
1.
Made of silk; as silken cloth; a silken vail.2.
Like silk; soft to the touch.3.
Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as mild and silken language.4.
Dressed in silk; as a silken wanton.SILKEN
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
silken
silken
English
Adjective
silken (not comparable)
- Made of silk.
- a silken veil
- Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk; suggestive of silk.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus, ch. 2:
- He heard the silken rustle of a dressing-gown being drawn on.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus, ch. 2:
- (figuratively, of speech, singing, oratory, etc.) Smoothly uttered; flowing, subtle, or convincing in presentation.
- Shakespeare
- Silken terms precise.
- Shakespeare
- (obsolete) Dressed in silk.
- Shakespeare
- A […] silken wanton.
- Shakespeare
Synonyms
- (made of silk): seric (rare)
Translations
made of silk
having a texture like silk
smoothly spoken or sung
Verb
silken (third-person singular simple present silkens, present participle silkening, simple past and past participle silkened)
- (transitive) To render silken or silklike.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dyer to this entry?)