silver-colouredsilver-coloredadj.
Having the colour of silver; of a greyish white hue with a metallic lustre.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > silvery
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argentine1578
argenta1593
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silver-white1598
silver-like1611
silvery1611
argenteous1881
silvern1885
the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > lustrous or shining with reflected light > of or like precious stones, metals, or fabrics > with a silvery lustre
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silver-coloured1594
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1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. B Aged winter hath besprent my head, With a hoare frost of siluer coloured haires.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ravel,..a little sea-fish, that hath..a siluer-coloured bellie.
1679 M. Rusden Further Discov. Bees 5 Having three partitions in his belly, with silver-coloured lines going cross.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 163 The Silver [Rosemary] denominated from its Silver-colour'd Leaves.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 319 It has also four expansive silver-coloured wings.
1831 A. Wilson's Amer. Ornith. IV. 358 Silver coloured tern. Sterna argentacea.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man (1890) ii. xv. 446 Dragons not rarely produce silver-coloured birds.
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