Definition of silver

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Silver (n.) Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.

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Birch :: Birch (n.) A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta)..
Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast..
Plate :: Plate (n.) Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver..
Stateroom :: Stater (n.) The principal gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about £1 2s., or about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called stater..
Packfong :: Packfong (n.) A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver..
Silver :: Silver (n.) The color of silver.
Orris :: Orris (n.) A sort of gold or silver lace.
Crown :: Crown (n.) A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents..
Argentry :: Argentry (n.) Silver plate or vessels.
Silver :: Silver (n.) 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..
Mercury :: Mercury (n.) A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is used in barometers, thermometers, ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his symbol, /..
Sol :: Sol (n.) A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents..
Tarpum :: Tarpum (n.) 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..
Ducatoon :: Ducatoon (n.) A silver coin of several countries of Europe, and of different values..
Silver-gray :: Silver-gray (a.) Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair..
Bromize :: Bromize (v. t.) To prepare or treat with bromine; as, to bromize a silvered plate..
Argentine :: Argentine (n.) White metal coated with silver.
Eucairite :: Eucairite (n.) A metallic mineral, a selenide of copper and silver; -- so called by Berzelius on account of its being found soon after the discovery of the metal selenium..
Lace :: Lace (v. t.) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver..
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