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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Silken \Silk"en\, adjective [AS. seolcen, seolocen.]
1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.
2. Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. ''Silken terms precise.'' --Shak.
3. Dressed in silk. ''A . . . silken wanton.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Silken \Silk"en\, verb (used with an object) To render silken or silklike. --Dyer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
silken
adjective: having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters" [syn: {glossy}, {satiny}, {sleek}, {silky}, {silklike}, {slick}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "silken": buffed, burnished, cottony, deferential, disarming, finished, furbished, glace, glassy, glazed, gleaming, glossy, insinuating, insinuative, lacquered, plush, plushy, polished, rubbed, saccharine, satinlike, satiny, sericeous, shellacked, shiny, silklike, silky, sleek, slick, soft as silk, varnished, velutinous, velvetlike, velvety
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