silken

Etymology
From, , , from , from +‎ , from an unattested early  borrowing from , from , from  +‎. Equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) Made of silk.
 * , like silk, silklike, particularly
 * 1) Having a smooth, soft, or light texture.
 * 2)  Having a smooth, soft, or flowing utterance; attractive or  convincing through pleasing expression.
 * 3) Dressed in silk.
 * 4) * 1724,, The Plain Dealer, London: S. Richardson & A. Wilde, 1730, Volume 2, No. 81, 28 December, 1724, p. 197:
 * Last Saturday was three Weeks, at Two, in the Afternoon, I sent out my Servant, to watch a Couple of these Silken Strollers, and keep, if possible, within Ken of them.
 * 1)  Having a smooth, soft, or flowing utterance; attractive or  convincing through pleasing expression.
 * 2) Dressed in silk.
 * 3) * 1724,, The Plain Dealer, London: S. Richardson & A. Wilde, 1730, Volume 2, No. 81, 28 December, 1724, p. 197:
 * Last Saturday was three Weeks, at Two, in the Afternoon, I sent out my Servant, to watch a Couple of these Silken Strollers, and keep, if possible, within Ken of them.
 * 1) * 1724,, The Plain Dealer, London: S. Richardson & A. Wilde, 1730, Volume 2, No. 81, 28 December, 1724, p. 197:
 * Last Saturday was three Weeks, at Two, in the Afternoon, I sent out my Servant, to watch a Couple of these Silken Strollers, and keep, if possible, within Ken of them.
 * 1) * 1724,, The Plain Dealer, London: S. Richardson & A. Wilde, 1730, Volume 2, No. 81, 28 December, 1724, p. 197:
 * Last Saturday was three Weeks, at Two, in the Afternoon, I sent out my Servant, to watch a Couple of these Silken Strollers, and keep, if possible, within Ken of them.

Translations

 * Armenian:, ,
 * Bulgarian: копринен
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σηρικός
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: šulkkuin
 * Italian: di seta, serico
 * Old English: seolcen
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: de seda

Verb

 * 1)  To render silken or silklike.
 * silkening body lotion
 * 1) * 1757,, The Fleece, London: R. & J. Dodsley, Book I, lines 492-494, p. 30,
 * Or, if your sheep are of Silurian breed,
 * Nightly to house them dry on fern or straw,
 * Silk’ning their fleeces.