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Silver \Sil"ver\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
leaf; a silver cup.
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2. Resembling silver. Specifically:
(a) Bright; resplendent; white. "Silver hair." --Shak.
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Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed
Their downy breast. --Milton.
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(b) Precious; costly.
(c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "Silver
voices." --Spenser.
(d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. "Silver slumber." --Spenser.
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{American silver fir} (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under
{Balsam}.

{Silver age} (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of
the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers
of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
the previous golden age, so-called.

{Silver-bell tree} (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree
({Halesia tetraptera}) with white bell-shaped flowers in
clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.

{Silver bush} (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant ({Anthyllis
Barba-Jovis}) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.


{Silver chub} (Zool.), the fallfish.

{Silver eel}. (Zool.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A pale variety of the common eel.

{Silver fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Abies pectinata})
found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.


{Silver foil}, foil made of silver.

{Silver fox} (Zool.), a variety of the common fox ({Vulpes
vulpes}, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts of
Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with
silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also {black
fox}, and {silver-gray fox}.

{Silver gar}. (Zool.) See {Billfish}
(a) .

{Silver grain} (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular
tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak
they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
pine, cherry, etc.

{Silver grebe} (Zool.), the red-throated diver. See Illust.
under {Diver}.

{Silver hake} (Zool.), the American whiting.

{Silver leaf}, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
thin.

{Silver lunge} (Zool.), the namaycush.

{Silver moonfish}.(Zool.) See {Moonfish}
(b) .

{Silver moth} (Zool.), a lepisma.

{Silver owl} (Zool.), the barn owl.

{Silver perch} (Zool.), the mademoiselle, 2.

{Silver pheasant} (Zool.), any one of several species of
beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of
the genus {Euplocamus}. They have the tail and more or
less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common
species ({Euplocamus nychtemerus}) is native of China.

{Silver plate},
(a) domestic utensils made of a base metal coated with
silver.
(b) a plating of silver on a base metal.

{Silver plover} (Zool.), the knot.

{Silver salmon} (Zool.), a salmon ({Oncorhynchus kisutch})
native of both coasts of the North Pacific. It ascends all
the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento. Called
also {kisutch}, {whitefish}, and {white salmon}.

{Silver shell} (Zool.), a marine bivalve of the genus Anomia.
See {Anomia}.

{Silver steel}, an alloy of steel with a very small
proportion of silver.

{Silver stick}, a title given to the title field officer of
the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.]
--Thackeray.

{Silver tree} (Bot.), a South African tree ({Leucadendron
argenteum}) with long, silvery, silky leaves.

{Silver trout}, (Zool.) See {Trout}.

{Silver wedding}. See under {Wedding}.

{Silver whiting} (Zool.), a marine sciaenoid food fish
({Menticirrus littoralis}) native of the Southern United
States; -- called also {surf whiting}.

{Silver witch} (Zool.), A lepisma.
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menhaden \men*ha"den\, n. (Zool.)
An American marine fish ({Brevoortia tyrannus}) of the
Herring family ({Clupeidae}), chiefly valuable for its oil
and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also
{mossbunker}, {bony fish}, {chebog}, {pogy}, {hardhead},
{whitefish}, etc.
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Whitefish \White"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of {Coregonus}, a genus of
excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit
the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and
Europe. The largest and most important American species
({Coregonus clupeiformis}) is abundant in the Great
Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also
{lake whitefish}, and {Oswego bass}.
(b) The menhaden.
(c) The beluga, or white whale.
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Note: Various other fishes are locally called whitefish, as
the silver salmon, the whiting
(a), the yellowtail, and the young of the bluefish
({Pomatomus saltatrix}).
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