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mony, 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.…

A certificate issued by a government that there has been deposited with it silver to a specified amount, payable to the bearer on demand. In the United States and its possessions, it is issued against the deposit of silver coin, and is not legal tender, but is receivable for customs, taxes, and all public dues.…

Nevada; -- a nickname alluding to its silver mines.

Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair.

The knot.

A tree or shrub (Elæagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit. Gray.

An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa.

See Leucadendron.

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

The tarpum.

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.