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

Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny. "The slattern air." Gay.

The quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness.

Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty. -- adv.

Slipperiness. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being sober.

The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.

Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.

situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. -- Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere (Piscis Australi…

An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner.

Southerliness.

Somewhat southern. -- adv.

Farthest south.

A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.

Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.

See under Stag.

The black tern.

Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.

A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels. [Colloq. U.S.]

Stern. [R.] Shak.