Silverly Sil"ver·ly adverb Like silver in appearance or in sound. Let me wipe off this honorable dew,
That silverly doth progress on thy cheeks.
Shak.
Silvern Sil"vern adjective [ Anglo-Saxon
seolfern ,
sylfren .]
Made of silver. [ Archaic.]
Wyclif (Acts xix. 24). Speech is silvern ; silence is golden.
Old Proverb.
Silversides Sil"ver·sides` noun (Zoology) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidĉ , having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast ( Menidia notata ) is very abundant. Called also silverside , sand smelt , friar , tailor , and tinker . Brook silversides (Zoology) ,
a small fresh-water North American fish ( Labadesthes sicculus ) related to the marine silversides.
Silversmith Sil"ver·smith` noun One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.
Silverspot Sil"ver·spot` noun (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite .
Silverware Sil"ver·ware` noun Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.
Silverweed Sil"ver·weed` noun (Botany) A perennial rosaceous herb ( Potentilla Anserina ) having the leaves silvery white beneath.
Silvery Sil"ver·y adjective 1. Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright. All the enameled race, whose silvery wing
Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring.
Pope. 2. Besprinkled or covered with silver. 3. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh. Silvery iron (Metal.) ,
a peculiar light-gray fine-grained cast iron, usually obtained from clay iron ore.
Silvics Sil"vics noun 1. The science treating of the life of trees in the forest. 2. Habit or behavior of a forest tree.
Silviculture Sil"vi·cul`ture noun [ Confer French
silviculture .]
See Sylviculture .
Sima Si"ma noun (Architecture) A cyma.
Simagre Sim"a·gre noun [ French
simagrée .]
A grimace. [ Obsolete]
Dryden.
Simar Si·mar" noun [ French
simarre . See
Chimere .]
A woman's long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf. [ Written also
cimar ,
cymar ,
samare ,
simare .]
Simarre Si`marre" [ French] See Simar . Sir W. Scott.
Simblot Sim"blot noun [ French
simbleau .]
The harness of a drawloom.
Simia Sim"i·a noun [ Latin , an ape; confer
simus flatnosed, snub-nosed, Greek ..........]
(Zoology) A Linnĉan genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang- outang.
Simial Sim"i·al adjective (Zoology) Simian; apelike.
Simian Sim"i·an adjective [ Latin
simia an ape.]
(Zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Simiadĉ , which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike. --
noun Any Old World monkey or ape.
Similar Sim"i·lar adjective [ French
similaire , from Latin
similis like, similar. See
Same ,
adjective , and confer
Simulate .]
1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like. 2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness. 3. Homogenous; uniform. [ R.]
Boyle. Similar figures (Geom.) ,
figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated. --
Similar rectilineal figures ,
such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional. --
Similar solids ,
such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another.
Similar Sim"i·lar noun That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
Similarity Sim`i·lar"i·ty noun ;
plural -ties . [ Confer French
similarité .]
The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Similarly Sim"i·lar·ly adverb In a similar manner.
Similary Sim"i·lar·y adjective Similar. [ Obsolete]
Rhyming cadences of similarly words.
South.
Similative Sim"i·la·tive adjective Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance. [ R.]
In similative or instrumental relation to a pa. pple. [ past participle], as almond-leaved, -scented, etc.
New English Dict.
Simile Sim"i·le noun ;
plural Similes . [ Latin , from
similis . See
Similar .]
(Rhet.) A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison. A good swift simile , but something currish.
Shak.
Similiter Si·mil"i·ter noun [ Latin , in like manner.]
(Law) The technical name of the form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent; -- called sometimes a joinder in issue .
Similitude Si·mil"i·tude noun [ French
similitude , Latin
similitudo , from
similis similar. See
Similar .]
1. The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance. Chaucer. Let us make now man in our image, man
In our similitude .
Milton. If fate some future bard shall join
In sad similitude of griefs to mine.
Pope. 2. The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile. Tasso, in his similitudes , never departed from the woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from the country.
Dryden. 3. That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile. Man should wed his similitude .
Chaucer.
Similitudinary Si·mil`i·tu"di·na·ry adjective Involving or expressing similitude. [ Obsolete]
Coke.
Similize Sim"i·lize transitive verb To liken; to compare; as, to similize a person, thing, or act. Lowell.
Similor Sim"i·lor noun [ French, from Latin
similus similar + French
or gold, Latin
aurum . Confer
Semilor .]
An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color. Ure.
Simious Sim"i·ous adjective [ Latin
simia an ape.]
(Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Simiĉ; monkeylike. That strange simious , schoolboy passion of giving pain to others.
Sydney Smith.
Simitar Sim"i·tar noun See Scimiter .
Simmer Sim"mer intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Simmered ;
present participle & verbal noun Simmering .] [ Prov. E. also
simper ; -- an onomatopoetic word.]
To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil. I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil.
Palsgrave.
Simmer Sim"mer transitive verb To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
Simnel Sim"nel noun [ Old French
simenel cake or bread of wheat flour, Late Latin
simenellus wheat bread, from Latin
simila the finest wheat flour. Confer
Semolina .]
1. A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. [ Obsolete]
Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels .
Fuller. 2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. [ Eng.]
Herrick.
Simon-pure Si"mon-pure" adjective Genuine; true; real; authentic; -- a term alluding to the comedy character Simon Pure, who is impersonated by another and is obliged to prove himself to be the "real Simon Pure."
Simoniac Si·mo"ni·ac noun [ Late Latin
simoniacus . See
Simony .]
One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church. Ayliffe.
Simoniacal Sim`o·ni"a·cal adjective Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony. --
Sim"o*ni`a*cal*ly ,
adverb The flagitious profligacy of their lives, and the simoniacal arts by which they grasped at the popedom.
J. S. Harford.
Simonial Si·mo"ni·al adjective Simoniacal. [ Obsolete]
Simonian Si·mo"ni·an noun [ See
Simony .]
One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the early Christian church.
Simonious Si·mo"ni·ous adjective Simoniacal. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Simonist Sim"o·nist noun One who practices simony.
Simony Sim"o·ny noun [ French
simonie , Late Latin
simonia , from
Simon Magus, who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy Spirit.
Acts viii.]
The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward. Piers Plowman.
Simoom, Simoon Si·moom", Si·moon" noun [ Arabic
sam...m , from
samma to poison. Confer
Samiel .]
A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
Simous Si"mous adjective [ Latin
simus , Greek ..........]
Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up.
Simpai Sim"pai noun [ Malay
simpei .]
(Zoology) A long-tailed monkey ( Semnopitchecus melalophus ) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey , and sinpĉ .
Simper Sim"per intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Simpered ;
present participle & verbal noun Simpering .] [ Confer Norw.
semper fine, smart, dial. Danish
semper ,
simper , affected, coy, prudish, OSw.
semper one who affectedly refrains from eating, Swedish
sipp finical, prim, LG.
sipp .]
1. To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner. Behold yond simpering dame.
Shak. With a made countenance about her mouth, between simpering and smiling.
ir. P. Sidney. 2. To glimmer; to twinkle. [ Obsolete]
Yet can I mark how stars above
Simper and shine.
Herbert.
Simper Sim"per noun A constrained, self- conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk. The conscious simper , and the jealous leer.
Pope.
Simperer Sim"per·er noun One who simpers. Sir W. Scott. A simperer that a court affords.
T. Nevile.
Simpering Sim"per·ing adjective &. noun from Simper , v.
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