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Word Meanings - SILKY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster. 2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine. 3. Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous. Silky oak , a

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1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster. 2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine. 3. Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous. Silky oak , a lofty Australian tree (Grevillea robusta) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It furnishes a valuable timber.

Related words: (words related to SILKY)

  • SMOOTHEN
    To make smooth.
  • SILKY
    1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster. 2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine. 3. Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous. Silky oak , a
  • SMOOTHNESS
    Quality or state of being smooth.
  • COVER-POINT
    The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
  • SURFACE LOADING
    The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.
  • SMOOTH
    1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray. 2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii. 16.
  • COVERLET
    The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
  • CLOSEHANDED
    Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n.
  • COVERCLE
    A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
  • SMOOTH-CHINNED
    Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.
  • PRESSIROSTRAL
    Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.
  • PRESSIVE
    Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation. Bp. Hall.
  • PRESSGANG
    See PRESS
  • CLOSEFISTED
    Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne.
  • SMOOTHLY
    In a smooth manner.
  • COVERT BARON
    Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.
  • PRESSURAGE
    1. Pressure. 2. The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.
  • PRESSURE WIRES
    Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points.
  • PRESSWORK
    The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done. MacKellar.
  • COVERTNESS
    Secrecy; privacy.
  • RECOVER
    To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
  • UNCLOSE
    1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
  • ENCLOSE
    To inclose. See Inclose.
  • PARCLOSE
    A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook.
  • HOTPRESSED
    Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.
  • HEREHENCE
    From hence.
  • WHENCEFORTH
    From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
  • HOTPRESS
    To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.
  • SUPPRESSOR
    One who suppresses.
  • INCOMPRESSIBLE
    Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n.
  • INSUPPRESSIBLE
    That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
  • REPRESSIBLE
    Capable of being repressed.

 

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