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Definition of Silkiest
1. silky [adj] - See also: silky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silkiest
Literary usage of Silkiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fifty Years of English Song: Selections from the Poets of the Reign of Victoria by Henry Fitz Randolph (1888)
"SEEK not the tree of silkiest bark And balmiest bud, To carve her name — while
yet't is dark — Upon the wood. The world is full of noble tasks, ..."
2. Poems by Aubrey De Vere (1855)
"I take the gift you give; the rest Unquestioned I resign. 1. SEEK not the tree
of silkiest bark And balmiest bud, To carve her name, while yet 'tis dark, ..."
3. Lyric Love: An Anthology by William Watson (1892)
"SEEK not the tree of silkiest bark And balmiest bud, To carve her name while
yet 'tis dark Upon the wood. The world is full of noble tasks, And wreaths hard ..."
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