silver gray (silvergra)

Then never chilling touch of Time Will turn it silver-gray. Tennyson, the Ringlet. Silver-gray fox, the silver fox (which see, under silver ). - Silver-gray rabbit, a silver-sprig. II. n. 1. A silver-gray color.- 2. [ cap .] In U. S. hist ., one of a body of conservative Whigs who acted together for some time after the general disintegration of the Whig party following its overwhelming defeat in the national election of 1852: said to be so called from the silver-gray hair of their leaders. Also Silvery Gray. The conservative Whigs, the so-called Silver Grays , had supported them out of fear of the Republicans. H. von Holst , Const. Hist. (trans.), V. 200. In 1855 they [the Americans) were joined by the Silvery Grays , whom Mr. Fill more was unable to guide into another harbor. T. W. Barnes, Mem. Thurlow Weed, p. 224. silver-ground (silver-ground), a. Having a silvery ground-color: as, the silver - ground carpet, a British moth, Melanippe montan at a . silver-haired (sil' vér-hard), a . Having hair of the color of silver; having white or lustrous gray hair. silver head (silver-hed), n. The silver chickweed, Paronychia argyrocoma. silver-headed (sil'ver-hed"ed), a. 1. Having a silver head, as a cane.-2. Same as silver haired. Mrs. Skewton.. clapped into this house a silver headed butler. Dickens , Dombey and Son, xxx. silverine (silver-i-nes), n. The state or character of being silvery. v.] 1. The art or practice of covering anything with silver, or with a bright-shining white surface like that of silver; also, a sensitizing with a salt of silver, as in photography.-2. Silver or plating laid on any surface. A silver cheese-toaster with three tongues, an ebony handle, and silvering at the end. Steele, Tatler, No. 245. Amalgam silvering. See amalgam .