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Silken [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. silk'n.

2. Made of silk; as silken cloth; a silken vail.

3. Like silk; soft to the touch.

4. Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as mild and silken language.

5. Dressed in silk; as a silken wanton.

Silken [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

silk'n. To render soft or smooth.

Silken [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

3. Dressed in silk.

Silken [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To render silken or silklike.

Silkensides [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913