SILVER

See COIN; MINE; MONEY; TENDER, 2, Legal.

The legislation on the sub- ject of silver coinage is stated up to that date in a note to R. S. 1 Supp. 774, which with the addition of legislation subsequent to that date is as follows: Laws on silver coinage are as follows: By R. S. §§ 3513, 3516, the silver coins of the United States are limited to a trade dollar, a half dollar, a quarter dollar, and a dime. By § 3526 silver bullion is to be purchased with the bullion fund. By § 3586 the silver coins of the United States are legal tender in amounts not exceeding $5. By act of 1875, Jan. 14, ch. 15, fractional silver is to be issued in redemption of fractional cur- rency. By act of 1876, April 17, ch. 63, this is repeated with some amendments. By Res. No. 17, of 1876, July 22, the silver coin in the treasury is to be is- sued in exchange for legal tender notes. The issue of fractional silver to fifty mil- lion dollars is authorized. By act of 1878, Feb. 28, ch. 20, the coinage of the standard silver dollar and the issuance of silver certificates of $10 or over is author- ized. By act of 1879, June 9, ch. 12, fractional silver and lawful money of the United States may be reciprocally ex- changed at the treasury or any sub-treas- ury in sums of $20, and fractional silver is made legal tender up to $10. By act of 1882, August 7, ch. 433, par. 5, free transportation of silver coins is authorized. By act of 1887, March 3, ch. 362, the issuance of silver certificates of one, two, and five dollars is authorized in lieu of higher denominations.

A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5. Coin made of silver; silver money. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver. The color of silver.

Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup. Resembling silver. Specifically: Bright; resplendent; white. "Silver hair." Shak. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast. Milton. Precious; costly. Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "Silver voices." Spenser. Sweet; gentle; peaceful. "Silver slumber." Spenser. American silver fir (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under Balsam. -- Silver age (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of the previous golden age, so-called. -- Silver-bell tree (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree (Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree. -- Silver bush (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant (Anthyllis Barba- Jovis) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage. -- Silver chub (Zoöl.), the fallfish. -- Silver eel. (Zoöl.) (a) The cutlass fish. (b) A pale variety of the common eel. -- Silver fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata) found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150 feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine. -- Silver foil, foil made of silver. -- Silver fox (Zoöl.), a variety of the common fox (Vulpes vulpes, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also black fox, and silver-gray fox. -- Silver gar. (Zoöl.) See Billfish (a) -- Silver grain (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple, pine, cherry, etc. -- Silver grebe (Zoöl.), the red-throated diver. See Illust. under Diver. -- Silver hake (Zoöl.), the American whiting. -- Silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very thin. -- Silver lunge (Zoöl.), the namaycush. -- Silver moonfish.(Zoöl.) See Moonfish (b). -- Silver moth (Zoöl.), a lepisma. -- Silver owl (Zoöl.), the barn owl. -- Silver perch (Zoöl.), the mademoiselle, 2. -- Silver pheasant (Zoöl.), any one of several species of beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of the genus Euplocamus. They have the tail and more or less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common species (E. nychtemerus) is native of China. -- Silver plate, domestic utensils made of silver. -- Silver plover (Zoöl.), the knot. -- Silver salmon (Zoöl.), a salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) native of both coasts of the North Pacific. It ascends all the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento. Called also kisutch, whitefish, and white salmon. -- Silver shell (Zoöl.), a marine bivalve of the genus Anomia. See Anomia. -- Silver steel, an alloy of steel with a very small proportion of silver. -- Silver stick, a title given to the title field officer of the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.] Thackeray. -- Silver tree (Bot.), a South African tree (Leucadendron argenteum) with long, silvery, silky leaves. -- Silver trout, (Zoöl.) See Trout. -- Silver wedding. See under Wedding. -- Silver whiting (Zoöl.), a marine sciænoid food fish (Menticirrus littoralis) native of the Southern United States; -- called also surf whiting. -- Silver witch (Zoöl.), A lepisma.

To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury. To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver. And smiling calmness silvered o'er the deep. Pope. To make hoary, or white, like silver. His head was silvered o'er with age. Gay.

An English surname originating as an occupation for a silversmith or a rich man, or for someone having silvery gray hair or living by a silvery brook. | A surname from German. | A unisex given name from English from the metal, or transferred from the surname.

To acquire a silvery colour. | To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal. | To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver. | To make hoary, or white, like silver.

A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag. | Coins made from silver or any similar white metal. | Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal. | Any items made from silver or any other white metal. | A shiny gray color. | a silver medal | Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.