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silvery |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Silvery \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. 2. Besprinkled or covered with silver. 3. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as silvery voices; a silvery laugh. {Silvery iron} (Metal.), a peculiar light-gray fine-grained cast iron, usually obtained from clay iron ore. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: silvery adj 1: resembling or reminiscent of silver; "a soft silvern voice"; "singing in her silvery tones" [syn: {silvern}] 2: 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" [syn: {silver}, {silvern}] 3: lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair [syn: {argent}, {silver}, {silverish}]
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