1. (a.) Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.

2. (a.) Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language.

3. (a.) Dressed in silk.

4. (v. t.) To render silken or silk like.

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