Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SIL'VER-BUSH, n.

A plant, a species of Anthyllis.

SIL'VER-BUS'KIN-ED, a.

Buskined with silver. – Milton.

SIL'VER-ED, pp.

Covered with a thin coat of silver; rendered smooth and lustrous; made white or hoary.

SIL'VER-FIR, n.

A species of fir. – Berkeley.

SIL'VER-FISH, n.

A fish of the size of a small carp, having a white color, striped with silvery lines.

SIL'VER-HAIR-ED, a.

Having hair of the color of silver. – South.

SIL'VER-ING, n.

The art, operation, or practice of covering the surface of any thing with silver; as, the silvering of copper or brass. – Encyc.

SIL'VER-ING, ppr.

Covering the surface with a thin coat of silver; foliating; rendering mildly lustrous; rendering white.

SIL'VER-LING, n.

A silver coin. Is. vii.

SIL'VER-LY, adv.

With the appearance of silver. – Shak.

SIL'VER-SMITH, n. [silver and smith.]

One whose occupation is to work in silver, or in manufactures of which the precious metals form a part.

SIL'VER-THIS-TLE, n. [silver and thistle.]

A plant.

SIL'VER-TREE, n.

A plant of the genus Protea.

SIL'VER-WEED, n.

A plant of the genus Potentilla.

SIL'VER-Y, a. [from silver.]

1. Like silver; having the appearance of silver; white; of a mild luster. Of all the enamel'd race whose silvery wing / Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring. – Pope.
2. Besprinkled or covered with silver.

SIM'A-GRE, n. [Fr. simagrée.]

Grimace. [Not in use.] – Dryden.

SIM'AR, or SI-MARE', n. [Fr. simarre.]

A woman's robe. [Not in use.] – Dryden.

SIM'IA, n. [L. an ape.]

A general name of the various tribes of monkeys.

SIM'I-LAR, a. [Fr. similaire; It. simile; Sp. similar; L. similis; W. heval, hevalyz; from mal, like, Gr. ὁμαλος. The Welsh mal signifies small, light, ground, bruised, smooth, allied to mill, W. malu, to grind. But I am not confident that these words are of one family.]

Like; resembling; having a like form or appearance. Similar may signify exactly alike, or having a general likeness, a likeness in the principal points. Things perfectly similar in their nature, must be of the same essence, or homogenous; but we generally understand similar to denote a likeness that is not perfect. Many of the statutes of Connecticut are similar to the statutes of Massachusetts on the same subjects. The manners of the several states of New England are similar, the people being derived from common ancestors.

SIM-I-LA'RI-TY, n.

Likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. There is a great similarity in the features of the Laplanders and Samoiedes, but little similarity between the features of Europeans and the woolly-haired Africans.

SIM'I-LAR-LY, adv.

In like manner; with resemblance. – Reid.

SIM'I-LE, n. [sim'ily; L.]

In rhetoric, similitude; a comparison of two things which, however different in other respects, have some strong point or points of resemblance by which comparison, the character or qualities of a thing are illustrated or presented in an impressive light. Thus, the eloquence of Demosthenes was like a rapid torrent that of Cicero, like a large stream that glides smoothly along with majestic tranquillity.

SI-MIL'I-TER, n.

In law, the technical designation of the form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent. – Brande.

SI-MIL'I-TUDE, n. [Fr. from L. similitudo.]

1. Likeness; resemblance; likeness in nature, qualities, or appearance; as, similitude of substance. – Bacon. Let us make man in our image, man / In our similitude. – Milton. Fate some future bard shall join / In sad similitude of griefs to mine. – Pope.
2. Comparison; simile. [See Simile.] Tasso, in his similitudes, never departed from the woods. – Dryden.

SI-MIL-I-TU'DI-NA-RY, a.

Denoting resemblance or comparison. – Coke.