silk wood (silkwud)

1. The mo Poly tri chum commune. [Prov. Eng.]-2. A shrub, Munting i a Calabura. See calabur -tree. silkworm (silk'werm), n. [ ing Constantinople about A. D. 550. This larva is a large whitish caterpillar with an anal horn, and the moth large-bodied, white in color, with small wings. The best races have but one annual generation, and are known as annuals. There are races, however, which have two generations (bivoltins), or three (trivoltins), or four (quadrivoltins), or eight (dacys). The cocoon varies through shades of white, cream, green, or roseate, and also greatly silkworm silver-barred in size. The principal moths of wild silkworms are the tu er ( Attacus mylitta) of India, the yam a-mai ( An the ræa yam a- mai ) of Japan, the pernyi ( Antheræa pernyi ) of China, the ailantus or arrindy ( Samia cynthia ) of China, introduced into Europe and America, and the cecropia, polyp hem us, promethia, and luna of North America. See cuts under Bombyx and luna -silkworm. 2t. A shopper who examines goods without buying. [Old trade slang.] for, though they never buy, they are ever talking of The silk sare, it seems, indulged by the trades meow silks, laces, and ribbons, and serve the owners in getting them customers. Steele , Spectator, No. 454. IMG:content-1067.png:[blocks in formation] silky-wainscot (sil'ki-wan"skot), n. A British noctuid moth, Senta maritima. silky-wave (sil'ki-wav), n. A British geometrid moth, Acidalia holosericata. = sill1 (sil), n. [ sille , selle , sulle , sylle , syll , syll, a sill, base, support (> ML. sill a ),= = MD. sulle = MLG. sul, sulle, sulle , LG. sull , sülle , a sill, Icel. syll , mod. sylla , a sill, a Da = Sw. syll syld, the base of a framework building; cf. OHG. swell a , swell i , MHG. swelle , G. schwelle , a sill, threshold, beam (> Dan. svelle , a railroad- tie), = Icel. svil = Sw. dial. svill , a sill; cf. Goth. suljo , the sole of a shoe, ga - suljan , found, L. sole a (for * svolea ?), the sole of the foot, also a threshold: see solel . Hence, in comp., ground sill , groundsel2 .] 1. A stone or piece of timber on which a structure rests; a block forming a basis or foundation: as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom; more specifically, a hori- zontal piece of timber of the frame of a build- ing, or of wood or stone at the bottom of a framed case, such as that of a door or win- dow; in absolute use, a door-sill. See door- sill, ground-sill, mudsill , port - sill , window -sill. Trauailers, that burn in braue desire To see strange Countries manners and attire, Make haste enough, if only the First Day From their owne Sill they set but on their way. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 1. Under this marble, or under this sill, Or under this turf, or e'en what they will, Lies one who ne'er cared, and still cares not a pin, What they said, or may say, of the mortal within. Pope, Epitaph on One who would not be Buried in [Westminster Abbey. IMG:content-1068.png:[blocks in formation] The bib, blens, or [Moray Firth.] The brill: prob siller-fish (sil'er-fish), n. whiting-pout, Gadus luscus. siller-fluke (sil'èr-flök), n. ably in allusion to the light spots. [Scotch.] Sillery (sil'e-ri), n. [F. Sillery (see def.).] 1. Originally, one of the sparkling wines of Champagne produced at Sillery, a village in the department of Marne: now a mere trade-name having little signification. Compare cham pagne.-2. A still white wine produced within a few miles of Rheims. It is the chief of the still wines of Champagne. To distinguish it from the spark ling wines, it is commonly called Sillery sec. Same as sillibouk . silly