SILKEN, adjective silk'n. 1. Made of silk; as silken cloth; a silken vail. 2. Like silk; soft to the touch. 3. Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as mild and silken language. 4. Dressed in silk; as a silken wanton. SILKEN, verb transitive silk'n. To render soft or smooth.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI