silage (age as Ig)

[An abbrev. of ensilage (q.v.).) Ensilage; fodder prepared by the system of ensilage. "The superior value of good silage over hay for milk production."- Field, Dec. 19, 1885. sil-age (age as Ig), v. t. [SILAGE, s.] To prepare or preserve in a silo (q. v.). "Any gra in exce of the requirements of the stock could be silaged."- Field, Dec. 19, 1885. sil-a-o-nite, subst . [After Silao, Mexico, where found; n connect., and suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min.: A ma ive mineral, described as a selenide of bismuth. Now shown to be a mixture. si-là-ŭs, s. [Lat. Silaus pratensis.] [See def.] Bot Pepper Saxifrage, a genus of Seseli nide (Lindley), of Schultzice (Sir J. Hooker). Partial involucre, many-leaved, calyx obsolete; petals obcordate, sub emarginate, with an inflated point append aged or se ile. Fruit oval; carpels with five sharp, somewhat winged ribs, and many vitte between. Known species, two. 2. An estate, a manor; the landed property of a after Silboele, Finland; suff. -ite ( Min .).] lord. ( Shakesp .: Richard II . , iv. 1.) 3. Government, power, dominion, seigniory. 4. The governing body, the aristocracy. "My services which I have done the signiory." Shakesp.: Othello , i. 2. 5. Seniority. "If ancient sorrow be most reverent, Give mine the benefit of signiory , And let my griefs frown on the upper hand." signor, s. [SIGNIOR.] Shakesp.: Richard III ., iv. 4.