Meaning silken
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silken


Old English seolcen "made of silk;" see silk + -en (2). Meaning "silk-like, soft and glossy" is from 1510s.
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(adj) having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
Source: beedictionary.com

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lang=en 1800s=1843 * '''1843''' — . ''''. *: But when at last, he caught her; when, in spite of all her silken rustlings, and her rapid flutterings past him, he got her into a corner whence there w [..]
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