silver : Idioms & Phrases

Ale" sil`ver

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1. A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.

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• (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under Balsam.

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• an ore of silver containing arsenic.

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• (Min.), stephanite; called also brittle silver ore, or brittle silver glance.

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• the mineral stephanite.

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Cat"-sil`ver noun

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1. Mica. Archaic

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• nitrate of silver, lunar caustic.

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• noun a silver of the degree of purity established for making legal silver coins
  

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• noun tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark
  Christmas tree; Abies alba.
  

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• . (Chem.) (a) A black crystalline substance, Ag2O.(NH3)2, obtained by dissolving silver oxide in aqua ammonia. When dry it explodes violently on the slightest percussion. (b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance, Ag2C2N2O2, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution of silver nitrate. When dry it is violently explosive.

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• noun a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel
  German silver.
  

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• (Chem.), a silver-white alloy, hard and tough, but malleable and ductile, and quite permanent in the air. It contains nickel, copper, and zinc in varying proportions, and was originally made from old copper slag at Henneberg. A small amount of iron is sometimes added to make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical with the Chinese alloy packfong. It was formerly much used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other white alloys.

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• the process of transforming plate glass into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam.

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• . (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a country to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to be executed.

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• . (Min.) See Freieslebenite.

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• (Min.), cerargyrite.
• . (Min.) See Cerargyrite.

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• . (O. Eng. Law) See Postfine.

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• noun antiseptic consisting of a compound of protein and silver (trade name Argyrol)
  Argyrol.
  

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• noun a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel
  German silver.
  

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• an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; usually called german silver; called also argentan.

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• a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; called also lunar caustic.

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• noun medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
  white fir; Abies amabilis; amabilis fir; Pacific silver fir; Christmas tree.
  

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• (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.

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• . (Min.) See Proustite, and Pyrargyrite.

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• noun medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
  white fir; Abies amabilis; amabilis fir; Pacific silver fir; Christmas tree.
  

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Rep"-sil`ver noun

Etymology

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1. Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.

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• (Min.), red silver. See under Red.

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• noun (classical mythology) the second age of the world, characterized by opulence and irreligion; by extension, a period secondary in achievement to a golden age
  

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• (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of the classical period of Latinity, the time of writers of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of the previous golden age, so-called.

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• noun any of various timber trees of the genus Flindersia
  

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• one who beats silver into silver leaf or silver foil.

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• noun New Zealand beech with usually pale silvery bark
  Nothofagus menziesii.
  

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• noun any of various deciduous trees of the genus Halesia having white bell-shaped flowers
  

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• noun deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having grey leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery scales; sometimes spiny
  Elaeagnus augustifolia; Russian olive.
  
• noun deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits
  Elaeagnus commutata; silverberry; silver berry; silverbush.
  

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• noun European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
  common birch; European white birch; Betula pendula.
  

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• noun a bromide that darkens when exposed to light; used in making photographic emulsions
  

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• noun a simple guaranteed solution for a difficult problem
  
  • no silver bullet can make the world safe from terrorism

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• (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant (Anthyllis Barba-Jovis) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.

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• noun formerly a bank note issued by the United States Treasury and redeemable in silver
  

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• noun a chloride used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions
  

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• (Zoöl.), the fallfish.

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• noun a town in southwestern New Mexico
  

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• noun the emotional bond between a mother and her offspring
  

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• noun a dollar made of silver
  cartwheel.
  
• noun southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
  money plant; honesty; Lunaria annua; satinpod; satin flower.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The cutlass fish. (b) A pale variety of the common eel.

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• noun tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides
  Pityrogramma calomelanos.
  
• noun fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides
  Pityrogramma argentea.
  

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• noun any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath
  

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• (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata) found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150 feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.

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• foil made of silver.

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• noun red fox in the color phase when its pelt is tipped with white
  

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• (Zoöl.), a variety of the common fox (Vulpes vulpes, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also black fox, and silver-gray fox.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Billfish (a)

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• . (Min.) See Argentine.

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• (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple, pine, cherry, etc.

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• noun of Australia and New Zealand
  

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• noun a light shade of grey
  silver gray; ash grey; silver; ash gray.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the red-throated diver. See Illust. under Diver.

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• noun a light shade of grey
  silver gray; ash grey; silver; ash gray.
  

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• noun found off Atlantic coast of North America
  Merluccius bilinearis; whiting.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the American whiting.

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• noun an iodide that is used in photography, in seeding clouds to make rain, and in medicine
  

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• noun silvery mojarra found along sandy shores of the western Atlantic
  Eucinostomus gula.
  

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• noun an anniversary celebrating the passage of 25 years
  

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• noun shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
  silver lace; dusty miller; Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum; Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum.
  

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• noun twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia
  Polygonum aubertii; China fleece vine; Russian vine.
  

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• leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very thin.

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• noun large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental
  silver lime; Tilia tomentosa.
  

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• noun large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental
  silver lime; Tilia tomentosa.
  

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• noun a consoling aspect of a difficult situation
  bright side.
  
  • every cloud has a silver lining
  • look on the bright side of it

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• (Zoöl.), the namaycush.

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• noun a common North American maple tree; five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood
  Acer saccharinum.
  

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• noun a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition
  silver.
  

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• noun a mine where silver ore is dug
  

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• .(Zoöl.) See Moonfish (b).

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• (Zoöl.), a lepisma.

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• noun a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent
  

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• noun small slender tree with usually entire grey-green pendulous leaves and white or cream-colored flowers; northern Australia
  Grevillela parallela.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the barn owl.

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• noun small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
  mademoiselle; Bairdiella chrysoura.
  
• noun small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams
  Morone americana; white perch.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the mademoiselle, 2.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of the genus Euplocamus. They have the tail and more or less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common species (E. nychtemerus) is native of China.

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• noun timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood
  Lagarostrobus colensoi; westland pine.
  
• noun tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
  Pinus monticola; mountain pine; western white pine.
  

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• noun tableware that is plated with silver
  
• noun a thin layer of silver deposited on something
  

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• domestic utensils made of silver. a plating of silver on a base metal.

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• (Zoöl.), the knot.

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• noun a colloid preparation of protein (albumin or gelatin) and silver oxide; used in aqueous solution as an antibacterial agent
  

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• noun pale easily worked timber from the quandong tree
  

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• noun Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
  quandong; Elaeocarpus grandis; blue fig; quandong tree; Brisbane quandong.
  

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• noun low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant
  silver sage; gray sage; Seriphidium canum; grey sage; Artemisia cana.
  

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• noun low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant
  silver sage; gray sage; Seriphidium canum; grey sage; Artemisia cana.
  

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• noun fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes
  cohoe; coho salmon; coho.
  
• noun small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
  cohoe; coho; Oncorhynchus kisutch; coho salmon; blue jack.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) native of both coasts of the North Pacific. It ascends all the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento. Called also kisutch, whitefish, and white salmon.

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• noun the film industry
  
• noun a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
  screen; projection screen.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a marine bivalve of the genus Anomia. See Anomia.

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• noun a solder that contains silver
  

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• noun the inherited wealth of established upper-class families
  old money.
  
  • he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth
  • she is the daughter of old money from Massachusetts

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• noun tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward
  Colorado spruce; Colorado blue spruce; Picea pungens.
  

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• noun a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of silver
  

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• noun a United States military decoration for gallantry in action
  Silver Star.
  

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• noun a United States military decoration for gallantry in action
  Silver Star.
  

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• noun a state in the southwestern United States
  Nevada; Battle Born State; NV; Sagebrush State.
  

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• an alloy of steel with a very small proportion of silver.

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• a title given to the title field officer of the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. Eng. Thackeray.

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• noun a storm with freezing rain that leaves everything glazed with ice
  ice storm.
  

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• noun small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
  Thrinax keyensis; Thrinax microcarpa; silvertop palmetto; key palm; Thrinax morrisii.
  
• noun small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
  broom palm; thatch tree; thatch palm; Thrinax parviflora.
  

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• noun small South African tree with long silvery silky foliage
  Leucadendron argenteum.
  
• noun Australian timber tree
  Tarrietia argyrodendron.
  

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• (Bot.), a South African tree (Leucadendron argenteum) with long, silvery, silky leaves.

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• noun a showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides
  sago fern; Cyathea medullaris; black tree fern.
  

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• (Zoöl.) See Trout.

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• noun ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings
  silvervine; Actinidia polygama.
  

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• noun evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers
  mimosa; Acacia dealbata.
  

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• . See under Wedding.

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• noun the 25th wedding anniversary
  

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• noun a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States
  Menticirrhus littoralis.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a marine sciænoid food fish (Menticirrus littoralis) native of the Southern United States; called also surf whiting.

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• noun North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
  silky willow; Salix sericea; Salix alba sericea.
  

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• (Zoöl.), A lepisma.

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• noun medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas
  Halesia tetraptera; silverbell tree; Halesia carolina; snowdrop tree; opossum wood.
  

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• (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree (Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.

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• adjective satellite of something having a color that is a light shiny blue
  silvery-blue.
  

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• adjective satellite having a silver-colored body
  silvery-bodied.
  

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• noun silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers
  Jupiter's beard; Anthyllis barba-jovis; silverbush.
  
• noun deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits
  Elaeagnus commutata; silverberry; silver berry; silverbush.
  

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• adjective satellite having the color of polished silver
  

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• adjective satellite of grey resembling silver
  silvery-gray; silver-gray; silvery-grey.
  

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Sil"ver-gray` adjective

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1. Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair.

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• adjective satellite of something having a color that is a light shiny green
  silvery-green.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey resembling silver
  silvery-gray; silver-gray; silvery-grey.
  

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• adjective satellite having hair the color of silver
  

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• noun shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
  silver lace; dusty miller; Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum; Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum.
  

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• adjective satellite having silvery leaves
  silvery-leaved; silvery-leafed; silver-leafed.
  

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• adjective satellite having silvery leaves
  silvery-leaved; silvery-leafed; silver-leafed.
  

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• noun weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
  silver-leaved nettle; trompillo; prairie berry; purple nightshade; silverleaf nightshade; white horse nettle; Solanum elaeagnifolium.
  

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• noun weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
  silver-leaved nettle; trompillo; prairie berry; purple nightshade; silverleaf nightshade; white horse nettle; Solanum elaeagnifolium.
  

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• noun a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
  aspen poplar; white aspen; white poplar; Populus alba; abele.
  

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• verb plate with silver
  silverplate.
  
  • silverplate a watch

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• adjective satellite having the body covered or partially covered with silver-colored scales
  

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• noun powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
  grizzly; silvertip; grizzly bear; Ursus horribilis; Ursus arctos horribilis.
  

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• adjective satellite expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  facile; eloquent; fluent; smooth-spoken; silver.
  
  • able to dazzle with his facile tongue
  • silver speech

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• adjective satellite of a white that resembles silver
  silvery-white.
  

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• noun someone who makes or repairs articles of silver
  silverworker; silversmith.
  

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• noun a silver alloy with no more than 7.5% copper
  

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• (Min.), hessite.

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