2. Resembling silver. Specifically:
(a) Bright; resplendent; white. ``Silver hair.'' --Shak.
Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their
downy breast. --Milton.
(b) Precious; costly.
(c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. ``Silver
voices.'' --Spenser.
(d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. ``Silver slumber.''
--Spenser.
{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} (Zo["o]l.), the fallfish.
{Silver eel}. (Zo["o]l.)
(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} (Zo["o]l.), 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}. (Zo["o]l.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), the red-throated diver. See
Illust. under {Diver}.
{Silver hake} (Zo["o]l.), the American whiting.
{Silver leaf}, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
thin.
{Silver lunge} (Zo["o]l.), the namaycush.
{Silver moonfish}.(Zo["o]l.) See {Moonfish}
(b) .
{Silver moth} (Zo["o]l.), a lepisma.
{Silver owl} (Zo["o]l.), the barn owl.
{Silver perch} (Zo["o]l.), the mademoiselle, 2.
{Silver pheasant} (Zo["o]l.), 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 ({E. nychtemerus}) is native of China.
{Silver plate}, domestic utensils made of silver.