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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Silken

Silk'en, a.

adjective

(silk'n), a. [A-S. seolcen, seolocen.]

  1. Made of, resembling, or pertaining to, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.
  2. Hence, soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. “Silken terms precise.” Shak.
  3. Dressed in silk. “A . . . silken wanton.” Shak.

Silk'en, v. t.

verbtransitive

(sĭlk'n), v. t. To render silk-like, soft, or smooth. Dyer.