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

The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.

A dealer in silks; a silk mercer. Shak.

Silkiness. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.

va of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa.

Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster.

The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like. Hence:

A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth. [Written also syllabub.]

Silver. [Scot.]

In a silly manner; foolishly. Dryden.

Same as Fibrolite.

The quality or state of being silly.

The pollock, or coalfish.

A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it. Crabb.

Harmless; innocent; inoffensive. [Obs.] "This silly, innocent Custance." Chaucer. The silly virgin strove him to withstand. Spenser. A silly, innocent hare murdered of a dog. Robynson (More's Utopia).

A caul. See Caul, n., 3. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.

Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.

Full of silt; resembling silt.