Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SIL'VER-Y
SIL'VER-Y, a. [from silver.]
- 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.
- Besprinkled or covered with silver.
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