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SIL'VER, n.
1. A metal of a white color and lively brilliancy. It has neither taste nor smell its specific gravity Isaiah 10.552 , according to Bergman, but according to Kirwan it is less. A cubic foot weighs about 660 lbs. Its ductility is little inferior to that of gold. It is harder and more elastic that tin of iron. It is found native in thin plates or leaves, or in fine threads, or it is found mieralized by various substances. Great quanitities of the metal are furnished by the mines of South America, and it is found in small quantities in Norway, Germany, Spain, the United State, &c.
2. Money coin made of silver.
3. Any thing of soft splendor. Pallas-piteous of her plaintive cries, In slumber clos'd her silver-streaming eyes.
SIL'VER, a.
1. Made of silver as a silver cup.
2. White like silver as silver hair. Others on silver lakes and rivers bath'd Their downy breast.
3. White, or pale of a pale luster as the silver moon.
4. SOft as a silver voice or sound.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Silver'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/silver.html.
Entry for 'Silver'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/silver.html.
