silvern
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of silvern
before 900; Middle English silver ( e ) n, selvern, Old English seolfren, seolfern. See silver, -en 2
Example Sentences
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There's an auld sayin' that speech is silvern, but silence is gowden.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander
These lights so manifold, So silvern new, so golden old, Do witness swift, like fires of vengeance, Against indifferent hearts and cold.
From Song-waves by Rand, Theodore H. (Theodore Harding)
He bade them a mute farewell, knowing that he would miss their silvern voices, and their morning wrangling among the spruce and hemlocks.
From Colorado Jim by Goodchild, George
Wiser eyes than Sara's saw the cloud--observed that it grew blacker and more thunderous as it lowered nearer earth--that its lining, instead of being silvern, was lurid red.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
"Let her go!" he shouted, his silvern hair streaming out grotesquely.
From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Rohmer, Sax
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