[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

silver \sil"ver\, a.
   1. of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
      leaf; a silver cup.
      1913 webster

   2. resembling silver. specifically:
      a bright; resplendent; white. "silver hair." --shak.
          1913 webster

                others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed
                their downy breast.               --milton.
          1913 webster
      b precious; costly.
      c giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "silver
          voices." --spenser.
      d sweet; gentle; peaceful. "silver slumber." --spenser.
          1913 webster

   american silver fir bot., the balsam fir. see under
      balsam.

   silver age 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.

   silver-bell tree bot., an american shrub or small tree
      halesia tetraptera with white bell-shaped flowers in
      clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.

   silver bush bot., a shrubby leguminous plant anthyllis
      barba-jovis of southern europe, having silvery foliage.
      

   silver chub zool., the fallfish.

   silver eel. zool.
      a the cutlass fish.
      b a pale variety of the common eel.

   silver fir 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.
      

   silver foil, foil made of silver.

   silver fox zool., 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.

   silver gar. zool. see billfish
      a .

   silver grain 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.

   silver grebe zool., the red-throated diver. see illust.
      under diver.

   silver hake zool., the american whiting.

   silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
      thin.

   silver lunge zool., the namaycush.

   silver moonfish.zool. see moonfish
      b .

   silver moth zool., a lepisma.

   silver owl zool., the barn owl.

   silver perch zool., the mademoiselle, 2.

   silver pheasant zool., 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 euplocamus nychtemerus is native of china.

   silver plate,
      a domestic utensils made of a base metal coated with
          silver.
      b a plating of silver on a base metal.

   silver plover zool., the knot.

   silver salmon zool., 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.

   silver shell zool., a marine bivalve of the genus anomia.
      see anomia.

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

   silver stick, a title given to the title field officer of
      the life guards when on duty at the palace. eng.
      --thackeray.

   silver tree bot., a south african tree leucadendron
      argenteum with long, silvery, silky leaves.

   silver trout, zool. see trout.

   silver wedding. see under wedding.

   silver whiting zool., a marine sciaenoid food fish
      menticirrus littoralis native of the southern united
      states; -- called also surf whiting.

   silver witch zool., a lepisma.
      1913 webster
see also:
american silver fir balsam silver age silver-bell tree halesia tetraptera silver bush 
anthyllis barba-jovis silver chub silver eel silver fir abies pectinata 
silver foil silver fox vulpes vulpes black fox silver-gray fox 
silver gar billfish silver grain silver grebe diver 
silver hake silver leaf silver lunge silver moonfish moonfish 
silver moth silver owl silver perch silver pheasant euplocamus 
euplocamus nychtemerus silver plate silver plover silver salmon oncorhynchus kisutch 
kisutch whitefish white salmon silver shell anomia 
silver steel silver stick silver tree leucadendron argenteum silver trout 
trout silver wedding wedding silver whiting menticirrus littoralis 
surf whiting silver witch 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lepisma \lepis"ma\ l-epi^z"m.a, n. nl., fr. gr.
   le`pisma peel, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale. zool.
   a genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated
   flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by
   seven unequal bristles. a common species lepisma
   saccharina is found in houses, and often injures books and
   furniture; it feeds on starch and eats sized paper and
   starched clothes. called also shiner, silverfish, silver
   witch, silver moth, and furniture bug.
   1913 webster +pjc
see also:
lepisma saccharina shiner silverfish silver witch silver moth furniture bug 

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