What's the difference between byssine and silken?

Byssine


Definition:

  • (a.) Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance.

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Silken


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.
  • (a.) Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language.
  • (a.) Dressed in silk.
  • (v. t.) To render silken or silklike.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The alterations of haematological parameters in albino rats were studied after oral administration of an aqueous extract of silken styles of corn (Zea maize Linn.)
  • (2) And when Cameron goes home to sleep in Number 10, and President Xi tucks himself under the silken bedspread of the Belgian Suite, one can only hope that, for a moment at least, they might be painfully aware that just a mile or so away, in an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art, a replica of a Chinese political prisoner is lying in a mock-up prison cell for all the world to see.
  • (3) Ingham, whose gruffness camouflages an intellect of silken agility, was addressing the specific question of his boss’s public image, and asking, by implication, if the Iron Lady could – well – melt, just a little.
  • (4) From the luxuriant hair to the defiant pose to the silken red dress, there is nothing not regal about this photograph.
  • (5) From the first scene, following the flight of a rudimentary hot air balloon, we're whisked away by silken camera moves and stark compositions to a time and place where we're no less confused, amazed or terrified than Rublev himself.
  • (6) A silken thread was inserted in the extracorporeal shunt between the carotid artery and the jugular vein.
  • (7) Chunn, however, also senses the silken whisper of celebrity endorsement at work.
  • (8) "I am a Christian, I believe in the social market and I think we do tend to forget the difference between value and price, not just in the Conservative party but across the spectrum in this country," is his silken summary of where he stands.
  • (9) The results emphasize that the biochemical changes caused through aqueous extract of silken styles of corn (Zea maize Linn.)
  • (10) Essentials Vanessa stayed at the Hotel Silken Amara, double rooms from €119, and travelled with Brittany Ferries, which sails into Bilbao or Santander from Portsmouth or Plymouth.
  • (11) When compared with a soy-flour meal containing an equal amount of protein, iron absorption was found to be significantly improved with silken tofu, natto, tempeh, rice miso, barley miso, and soybean miso.
  • (12) "I was just beginning to feel cocky, when he turned on me with a silken question about how the Telegraph acquired the expenses files.
  • (13) David had escaped on a silken ladder from this world of bored luxury.
  • (14) Photograph: Alamy Caterpillars have orange brown backs with blueish-grey bands and build nests that form white silken clumps near the tops of pine trees.

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