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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sil·ver·y a.
 1. Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.
 All the enameled race, whose silvery wing
 Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring.   --Pope.
 2. Besprinkled or covered with silver.
 3. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh.
 Silvery iron Metal., a peculiar light-gray fine-grained cast iron, usually obtained from clay iron ore.