n. Silkiness. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. seolcen, seolocen. ] 1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. “Silken terms precise.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Dressed in silk. “A . . . silken wanton.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To render silken or silklike. Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]