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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The tradesmen were more uneasy than the rest, for in expectation of the coming Diet their shops were crammed with precious wares, rich silk stuffs, golden and silvern objects, diamonds and pearls.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
His hair was now silvern, but it still curled in the old places, and his gestures had apparently not aged at all.
From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold
And still the moonbeams fling a silvern dart, Straight through my window's iron barricade....
From Mavis of Green Hill by Baldwin, Faith
Where blue mists gather beneath the moon It shows as a silvern stream.
From The Dales of Arcady by Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una
Now, as they look up, lo! the silvern orb is half covered with a black shadow.
From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram
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