Silent

silent, adj. free from noise not speaking habitually taciturn not pronounced. Si'lently. [L. siSens, -ends, pr p of sileo, to be silent.] Silex, si'leks, silica, as found in nature, occur* ring as flint, quartz, rock-crystal, . (L. silex. si/icis flint.) Silhouette, sd'oo-et, n a shadow-outline of the human figure or profile filled in of a dark colour, (From Silhouette, a French minister of finance in *759, after whom everything cheap was named. from his exce ive economy in financial matters.] Silica, sil'i-ka, «. pure silex or Hint, the most abundant solid constituent of our globe. Siliceous. Sllicious. si-lish'us, adj. pertaining to, v,>mt.\ming, or resembling silex or flint.