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Meanings of silk in English

Made of silk.

Usage of silk in English
1
Spider silk is a particularly desirable version: elastic yet strong and tough.
The Irish Times
2
Economic and diplomatic supremacy was supposed to open up new silk roads.
News.com.au
3
You shall hang from silk until nearly dead; you shall be exsanguinated.
The lies of locke lamora
4
The young girl in the red silk tunic walked ahead of me.
Atlantida
5
The shortest route to the money-lending quarter required crossing the silk market.
Watcher of the Dead
6
The parson in his silk cassock, and his helpmate in brown damask.
Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.
7
He went out last week and bought a dozen Italian silk sweaters.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
8
The fields before Castle Sylvarresta were a sea of canvas and silk.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
9
The piano was draped in Liberty silk and so was the chimney-piece.
Of Human Bondage
10
The crop of raw silk in France had been below the average.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
11
The gifts offered by the Chinese in return consisted mainly of silk.
A History of China
12
Each one vol., large 12 mo, bound in rose silk cloth; illust.
The Little Colonel's Hero
13
The dwarfs were all dressed in purple silk liveries like the apes.
The Grey Fairy Book
14
We saw the people busy at work reeling silk in the villages.
Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
15
He was a nice dresser, too: expensive sweaters, silk shirts, Italian footwear.
Watch them die
16
People gave him wide passage; gave even his silk-lined cloak wide passage.
Wizard and glass
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Australia
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