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To strain, as fresh milk. [Prov. Eng.]

The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness. I saw and heared; for such a numerous host Fled not in silence through the frighted deep. Milton.

Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires.

A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly. Bon Silène. See Silène, in the Vocabulary.

Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. How silent is this town! Shak.

One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secre

Habitually silent; taciturn; reticent. [R.]

In a silent manner.

State of being silent; silence.

See Wanderoo.

A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.

Of or pertaining to Silesia. -- n.

Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic.

A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.

A substance, C16H14O5, extracted from brazilwood as a yellow crystalline powder which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies on exposure to the air, being oxidized to bra*sil"e*in, C16H12O5, to which brazilwood owes its dyeing properties.

Capable of being poured or spread round. "Circumfusile gold." Pope.

Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium.

To store (green fodder) in a silo; to prepare as silage. -- En"si*list (#), n.

Expansible. Ether and alcohol are more expansile than water. Brande & C.

Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible. Owen.