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noun

• A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).

  Example: The thread made of silk was barely visible.

• A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.

• Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.

• The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.

• A Senior (i.e. Queen's or King's) Counsel.

• (circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.

• (usually in the plural) The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.

verb

• To remove the silk from (corn).