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A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei).

the goldfish. Lepisma saccharina, which may infest houses, and eats starched clothing and sized papers. See Lepisma.

The state of being silvery.

art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum.

One who favors the use or establishment of silver as a monetary standard; -- so called by those who favor the gold standard. [Colloq. or Cant]

To cover with silver.

Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious. Piers Plowman.

A small silver coin. [Obs.] A thousand vines at a thousand silverings. Isa. vii. 23.

Like silver in appearance or in sound. Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly doth progress on thy cheeks. Shak.

Made of silver. [Archaic.] Wyclif (Acts xix. 24). Speech is silvern; silence is golden. Old Proverb.

Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidæ, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker. Brook silversides (Zoöl.), a small fresh-water North Americ…

One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.

ny one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite.

Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.

A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath.

Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright. All the enameled race, whose silvery wing Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring. Pope.

The science treating of the life of trees in the forest.

See Sylviculture.

A cyma.

A grimace. [Obs.] Dryden.