GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 2 definitions

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   Silken (?), a. [AS. seolcen, seolocen.]
   1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, “silken cloth; a silken veil”.
   
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   2. Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, “silken language”. “Silken terms precise.”  Shak.
   
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   3. Dressed in silk. “A . . . silken wanton.”  Shak.
   
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   Silken, v. t. To render silken or silklike.  Dyer.
   
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