A thousand vines at a thousand silverings.
Isa. vii. 23.
Sil"ver*ly, adv. Like silver in appearance or in sound.
Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly doth progress on
thy cheeks.
Shak.
Sil"vern (?), a. [AS. seolfern, sylfren.] Made of silver. [Archaic.]
Wyclif (Acts xix. 24).
Speech is silvern; silence is golden.
Old Proverb.
Sil"ver*sides` (?), n. (Zoöl.) 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.
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Sil"ver*smith` (?), n. One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils,
ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.
Sil"ver*spot` (?), n. (Zoöl.) 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.
Sil"ver*ware` (?), n. Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various
sorts, made of silver.
Sil"ver*weed` (?), n. (Bot.) A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla
Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath.
Sil"ver*y (?), a. 1. Resembling, or having the luster of, silver;
grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.
All the enameled race, whose silvery wing Waves to the tepid
zephyrs of the spring.
Pope.