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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
silken
    adj 1: having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light;
           "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek
           black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike
           fabric"; "slick seals and otters" [syn: satiny,
           sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Silken \Silk"en\, a. [AS. seolcen, seolocen.]
   1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk;
      as, silken cloth; a silken veil.
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   2. Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language.
      "Silken terms precise." --Shak.
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   3. Dressed in silk. "A . . . silken wanton." --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Silken \Silk"en\, v. t.
   To render silken or silklike. --Dyer.
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