Category:Silken

Silk"en, a. Etym: [as. seolcen, seolocen.]

1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken Cloth; a silken veil.

2. Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. "silken Terms precise." Shak.

3. Dressed in silk. "a . . . silken wanton." Shak.

Silken Silk"en, v. t.

Defn: to render silken or silklike. Dyer.