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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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5 words match “SILVERWARE”

SILVERWARE n.
Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.
COUNTERMARK v.
To apply a countenmark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth.
FLAT a.
lded. See under Paper. -- Flat chasing, in fine art metal working, a mode of ornamenting silverware, etc., producing figures by dots and lines made with a punching tool. Knight. -- Flat chisel, a sculptor's chisel for smoothing. -- Flat file, a file wider than its thickness, and of rectangular section. See File. --…
FLATWARE n. 2 definitions
Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware.
SEAL v.
exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.