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Definition of Silk

1. Noun. A fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae.

2. Noun. Animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders.

Definition of Silk

1. n. The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvæ of Bombyx mori.

Definition of Silk

1. Noun. A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider). ¹

2. Noun. A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers. ¹

3. Noun. The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel ¹

4. Noun. (colloquial) a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Silk

1. to cover with silk (a soft, lustrous fabric) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Silk

1. 1. The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori. 2. Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material. 3. That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize. Raw silk, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and before it is manufactured. Silk cotton, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of the silk-cotton tree. Silk-cotton tree, a climbing plant (Periploca Graeca) of the Milkweed family, having a silky tuft on the seeds. It is native in Southern Europe. Origin: OE. Silk, selk, AS. Seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. Silki, SW. & Dan. Silke; prob. Through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. Szilkai, Russ. Shelk', and also L. Sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. Sericeous. Serge a woolen stuff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silk

silinaite siling silipide siliqua siliqua olivae siliquaceous siliquae siliquas silique siliques

siliquiform siliquosa siliquose siliquous siliqyiform silk (current term) silk-cotton tree silk-screen printing silk cotton silk gland

silk hat silk oak silk screen print silk stocking silk tree silk vine silk wood silkaline silkalines

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