silver
noun
a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Ag; 107.870; 47; 10.5 at 20°C.
silverness
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a word derived from
silver.
Example Sentences
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There had come a silverness in the sky over the next eastern mountain, and he could see the better what he was doing.
From The City of Fire by Grace Livingston Hill
For let her dip but once—O fair and fleet,— Here in your shallows, yes, Here in your silverness Her two blithe feet,— O Brook of mine, how shall your heart be troubled!
From The Singing Man A Book of Songs and Shadows by Josephine Preston Peabody
