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  • 121sil|ver|ite — «SIHL vuh ryt», noun. 1. a person who favors the free use of silver as money equally with gold; bimetallist. 2. U.S. a person who advocates the free coinage of silver, particularly one who desires free coinage at a particular ratio with gold …

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  • 122sil|ver|ize — «SIHL vuh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. = silver. (Cf. ↑silver) …

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  • 123sil|ver|less — «SIHL vuhr lihs», adjective. having no silver; made without silver: »silverless coins …

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  • 124sil|ver|ling — «SIHL vuhr lihng», noun. 1. an old standard of value in silver. 2. a piece of silver money …

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  • 125sil|ver|ly — «SIHL vuhr lee», adverb. Poetic. with a silvery appearance or sound: »the dinn d air vibrating silverly (Keats) …

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  • 126sil|vern — «SIHL vuhrn», adjective. Archaic. made of, consisting of, or resembling silver …

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  • 127sil|ver|point — «SIHL vuhr POYNT», noun. 1. the process of making a drawing with a point or pencil of silver on specially prepared paper: »Fifty drawings in silverpoint, ink, tempera, and wax encaustic by a facile, delicate draftsman (Time). 2. a drawing made in …

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  • 128sil|ver|sides — «SIHL vuhr SYDZ», noun, plural sides. 1. any one of a family of small, chiefly marine fishes having a silvery stripe along the body, such as the grunion. 2. any one of certain freshwater minnows related to the carps. 3. = coho. (Cf. ↑coho) …

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