Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 81
Silva (n.) (Bot.) The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively.
Silva (n.) (Bot.) A description or history of the forest trees of a country.
Silvan (a.) Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody. [Written also sylvan.]
Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene Appears above, and groves forever green. -- Dryden.
Silvan (n.) (Old Chem.) See Sylvanium. [Obs.]
Silvan (a.) Relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady sylvan glade" [syn: sylvan, silvan].
Silvan (n.) A spirit that lives in or frequents the woods [syn: sylvan, silvan].
Silvanite (n.) (Min.) See Sylvanite. Silvas
Silvas (n. pl.) Alt. of Selvas.
Selvas
(n. pl.)
Vast woodland plains of
Silvate (n.) Same as Sylvate.
Silver (n.) (Chem.) 銀 [U]；銀器；餐具 [U] A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5.
Note: Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of light upon them, and are used in photography.
Silver (n.) Coin made of silver; silver money.
Silver (n.) Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
Silver (n.) The color of silver.
Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright, silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed, silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled, silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-sounding, silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See Silver, a.
Black silver (Min.), Stephanite; -- called also brittle silver ore, or brittle silver glance.
Fulminating silver. (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.
Fulminating silver. (Chem.) (b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance, Ag2C2N2O2, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution of silver nitrate; -- also called fulminate of silver. When dry it is violently explosive.
German silver. (Chem.) See under German.
Gray silver. (Min.) See Freieslebenite.
Horn silver. (Min.) See Cerargyrite.
King's silver. (O. Eng. Law) See Postfine.
Red silver, or Ruby silver. (Min.) See Proustite, and Pyrargyrite.
Silver beater, One who beats silver into silver leaf or silver foil.
Silver glance, or Vitreous silver. (Min.) See Argentine.
Silver (a.) 銀的；鍍銀的；含銀的；銀色的，有銀色光澤的 Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup.
Silver (a.) Resembling silver. Specifically:
Silver (a.) Bright; resplendent; white. "Silver hair." -- Shak.
Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast. -- Milton.
Silver (a.) Precious; costly.
Silver (a.) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "Silver voices." -- Spenser.
Silver (a.) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. "Silver slumber." -- Spenser.
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 bullet (n.) A simple guaranteed solution for a difficult problem; "no silver bullet can make the world safe from terrorism".
Compare: Terrorism
Terrorism (n.) 恐怖主義；恐怖行動；恐怖統治；恐怖手段 The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation. -- Jefferson.
Terrorism (n.) The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.
Terrorism (n.) The calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear [syn: terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act].
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.
Silver eel. (Zool.) (b) A pale variety of the common eel.
Silver fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Abies+pectinata"> 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.
Silver plate, (b) A plating of silver on a base metal.
Silver plover (Zool.), the knot.
Silver salmon (Zool.), A salmon ({Oncorhynchus kisutch"> 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.
Silvered (imp. & p. p.) of Silver.
Silvering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Silver.
Silver (v. t.) 鍍銀於；使有銀色光澤 To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury.
Silver (v. t.) To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
And smiling calmness silvered o'er the deep. -- Pope.
Silver (v. t.) To make hoary, or white, like silver.
His head was silvered o'er with age. -- Gay.
Silver (v. i.) 變成銀色 To acquire a silvery color. [R.]
The eastern sky began to silver and shine. -- L. Wallace.
Silver (a.) Made from or largely consisting of silver; "silver bracelets".
Silver (a.) 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, silvery].
Silver (a.) Of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair" [syn: argent, silver, silvery, silverish].
Silver (a.) Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken].
Silver (n.) A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography [syn: silver, Ag, atomic number 47].
Silver (n.) Coins made of silver.
Silver (n.) A light shade of grey [syn: ash grey, ash gray, silver, silver grey, silver gray].
Silver (n.) Silverware eating utensils [syn: flatware, silver].
Silver (n.) A trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition [syn: silver medal, silver].
Silver (v.) Coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam; "silver the necklace".
Silver (v.) Make silver in color; "Her worries had silvered her hair".
Silver (v.) Turn silver; "The man's hair silvered very attractively".
Silver
Symbol: Ag
Atomic number: 47
Atomic weight: 107.870
White lustrous soft metallic transition element. Found in both its elemental form and in minerals. Used in jewelry, tableware and so on.
Less reactive than silver, chemically.
Silver, () Used for a great variety of purposes, as may be judged from the frequent references to it in Scripture. It first appears in commerce in Gen. 13:2; 23:15, 16. It was largely employed for making vessels for the sanctuary in the wilderness (Ex. 26:19; 27:17; Num. 7:13, 19; 10:2). There is no record of its having been found in Syria or Palestine. It was brought in large quantities by foreign merchants from abroad, from Spain and India and other countries probably.
Silverback (n.) (Zool.) The knot.
Silverberry (n.) (Bot.) A tree or shrub ({Elaeagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit. -- Gray.
Silverberry (n.) Deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits [syn: silverberry, silver berry, silverbush, silver-bush, Elaeagnus commutata].
Silverbill (n.) An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa.
Silverboom (n.) (Bot.) See Leucadendron.
Compare: Leucadendron
Leucadendron (n.) (Bot.) 木百合屬 A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists.
Leucadendron (n.) Large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts [syn: Leucadendron, genus Leucadendron].
Silver bullet (n.) A simple guaranteed solution for a difficult problem; "no silver bullet can make the world safe from terrorism".
Magic bullet
Silver bullet
(Or "silver bullet" from vampire legends) A term widely used in software engineering for a supposed quick, simple cure for some problem. E.g. "There's no silver bullet for this problem". (1999-01-13)
Silver bullet (n.) [C] 銀彈 （指針對複雜問題的簡單解決方法），良方，高招 A simple solution to a complicated problem.
// There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the atrocities.
Silverfin (n.) (Zool.) A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish ({Notropis Whipplei).
Silverfish (n.) (Zool.) The tarpum.
Silverfish (n.) (Zool.) A white variety of the goldfish.
Silverfish (n.) one of a variety of insects of the order Thysanura, especially Lepisma saccharina, which may infest houses, and eats starched clothing and sized papers. See Lepisma.
Compare: Lepisma
Lepisma (n.) (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.
Compare: Tarpum
Tarpum (n.). (Zool.) A very large marine fish ({Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish.
Silverfish (n.) Silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing [syn: silverfish, Lepisma saccharina]
Silverfish (n.) A silvery variety of Carassius auratus.
Silver-gray (a.) Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair.
Silver-gray (a.) Of grey resembling silver [syn: silver-grey, silver-gray, silvery-grey, silvery-gray].
Silveriness (n.) The state of being silvery.
Silvering (n.) (Metal.) The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum.
Silverized (imp. & p. p.) of Silverize.
Silverizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Silverize.
Silverize (v. t.) To cover with silver.
Silverless (a.) Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious.
Silverling (n.) A small silver coin.
Silverly (adv.) Like silver in appearance or in sound.
Silvern (a.) Made of silver.
Silversides (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, 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 (Zool.), A small fresh-water North American fish ({Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides.
Compare: Atherine
Atherine (n.) (Zool.) A small marine fish of the family Atherinid[ae], having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species ({Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species ({Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides.
Silversides (n.) Small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: silversides, silverside].
Silversides (n.) The common North American shiner [syn: common shiner, silversides, Notropis cornutus].
Silversmith (n.) One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.
Silverspot (n.) 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.
Silverware (n.) Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.
Silverweed (n.) A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath.
Silvery (a.) 似銀的；有銀色光澤的；（聲音）銀鈴般的，清脆的 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.
Silvery (a.) Besprinkled or covered with silver.
Silvery (a.) 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.
Silvery (a.) Resembling or reminiscent of silver; "a soft silvern voice"; "singing in her silvery tones" [syn: silvern, silvery].
Silvery (a.) 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, silvery].
Silvery (a.) Of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair" [syn: argent, silver, silvery, silverish].
Silviculture (n.) See Sylviculture.
Sima (n.) A cyma.
Simagre (n.) A grimace.
Simar (n.) A woman's long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf.
Simarre () See Simar.
Simblot (n.) The harness of a drawloom.
Simia (n.) A Linnaean genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang-outang.
Simial (a.) Simian; apelike.
Simian (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Simiadae, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike.
Simian (n.) Any Old World monkey or ape.
Similar (a.) 相像的，相仿的，類似的 [（+to）]；【數】相似的 [Z] Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.
Similar (a.) Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.
Similar (a.) Homogenous; uniform. [R.] -- Boyle.
Similar figures (Geom.), Figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated.
Similar rectilineal figures, Such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional.
Similar solids, Such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another.
Similar (n.) 【古】相似之物，類似之物 [C] That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
Similar (a.) Marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats" [ant: dissimilar].
Similar (a.) Having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste" [syn: alike(p), similar, like] [ant: dissimilar, unalike].
Similar (a.) Resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality" [syn: like, similar] [ant: different, dissimilar, unlike].
Similar (a.) (Of words) Expressing closely related meanings.
Similar (a.) Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability; "interchangeable electric outlets" "interchangeable parts" [syn: exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised].
-ties (n. pl. ) of Similarity.
Similarity (n.) The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features.
Similarly (adv.) In a similar manner.
Similary (a.) Similar.
Similative (a.) Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance.
Similes (n. pl. ) of Simile.
Simile (n.) A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison.
Similiter (n.) The technical name of the form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent; -- called sometimes a joinder in issue.
Similitude (n.) 相像；類似；相像的人；類似物 The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance. -- Chaucer.
Let us make now man in our image, man In our similitude. -- Milton.
If fate some future bard shall join In sad similitude of griefs to mine. -- Pope.
Similitude (n.) The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile.
Tasso, in his similitudes, never departed from the woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from the country. -- Dryden.
Similitude (n.) That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile.
Man should wed his similitude. -- Chaucer.
Similitude (n.) Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness" [syn: {likeness}, {alikeness}, {similitude}] [ant: {dissimilitude}, {unlikeness}].
Similitude (n.) A duplicate copy [syn: {counterpart}, {similitude}, {twin}].
Similitudinary (a.) Involving or expressing similitude.
Similize (v. t.) To liken; to compare; as, to similize a person, thing, or act.
Similor (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color.
Simious (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Simi[ae]; monkeylike.
That strange simious, schoolboy passion of giving pain to others. -- Sydney Smith.
Simitar (n.) See Scimiter.
Simmered (imp. & p. p.) of Simmer.
Simmering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Simmer.
Simmer (v. i.) To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.
I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil. -- Palsgrave.
Simmer (v. t.) To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
Simnel (n.) A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. [Obs.]
Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels. -- Fuller.
Simnel (n.) A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] -- Herrick.
Simoniac (n.) One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church. -- Ayliffe.
Simoniacal (a.) Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony. -- Sim"o*ni`a*cal*ly, adv.
The flagitious profligacy of their lives, and the simoniacal arts by which they grasped at the popedom. -- J. S. Harford.
Simonial (a.) Simoniacal. [Obs.]
Simonian (n.) One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the early Christian church.
Simonious (a.) Simoniacal. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Simonist (n.) One who practices simony.
Simony (n.) The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward. -- Piers Plowman. Simoom
Samiel (n.) A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria.
Simoom (n.) Alt. of Simoon
Simoon (n.) A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
Simous (a.) Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up.
Simpai (n.) (Zool.) A long-tailed monkey ({Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpae.
Simpered (imp. & p. p.) of Simper.
Simpering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Simper.
Simper (v. i.) 假笑 To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner.
Behold yond simpering dame. -- Shak.
With a made countenance about her mouth, between simpering and smiling. -- ir. P. Sidney.
Simper (v. i.) To glimmer; to twinkle. [Obs.]
Yet can I mark how stars above Simper and shine. -- Herbert.