What is "silver age"

Silver \Sil"ver\, a.

1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup.

2. Resembling silver. Specifically:

   1. Bright; resplendent; white. ``Silver hair.''
      --Shak.

      Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast.
      --Milton.

   2. Precious; costly.

   3. Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. ``Silver voices.''
      --Spenser.

   4. 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 (Zo["o]l.), the fallfish. Silver eel. (Zo["o]l.)

      1. The cutlass fish.

      2. 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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. (Zo["o]l.) See Billfish

         1. .

            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 (Zo["o]l.), the red-throated diver. See Illust. under Diver.

            Silver hake (Zo["o]l.), the American whiting.

            Silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very thin.

            Silver lunge (Zo["o]l.), the namaycush.

            Silver moonfish.(Zo["o]l.) See Moonfish

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            Silver moth (Zo["o]l.), a lepisma.

            Silver owl (Zo["o]l.), the barn owl.

            Silver perch (Zo["o]l.), the mademoiselle, 2.

            Silver pheasant (Zo["o]l.), 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 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, (Zo["o]l.) See Trout.

            Silver wedding. See under Wedding.

            Silver whiting (Zo["o]l.), a marine sci[ae]noid food fish ( Menticirrus littoralis) native of the Southern United States; -- called also surf whiting.

            Silver witch (Zo["o]l.), A lepisma.

n. an historical period of great accomplishment in a field or a society, usually following, and not quite as good as, a golden age, and not as bad as an iron age.

n. (classical mythology) the second age of the world, characterized by opulence and irreligion; by extension, a period secondary in achievement to a golden age

A silver age is a name often given to a particular period within a history, typically as a lesser and later successor to a golden age. In many cultures the metal silver is generally valuable but less so than gold.

Silver Age is the tenth solo album from former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman Bob Mould. Mould was joined on bass by Jason Narducy and on drums by Superchunk's Jon Wurster.

For the release of Silver Age, the trio embarked on a series of concerts where, in addition to material from the new album and a few Hüsker Dü songs, they played the entirety of Sugar's Copper Blue in order. Copper Blue was simultaneously released in a 20th anniversary edition.

"Silver Age" was a twelve part storyline that ran through a series of one shot comic books published by DC Comics in 2000.

Each of the 12 issues were a one-shot (feature issue #1 on the cover), however they formed a larger story-arc in which The Justice League of America fights the Injustice League formed by villain Agamemno.

The art, dialogue, narrative style and even the format of the comics (larger page-counts, half-page advertisements, etc.) were deliberately anachronistic for the time of publication, thus the issues served as a tribute, and in some cases a gentle satire, to the books and creators of DC Comics during the Silver Age of Comic Books.

Silver age may refer to:

• Silver age, name often given to a particular period within a history, typically as a lesser and later successor to a golden age
• Silver Age of Comic Books, period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream American comic books
• Silver Age of Russian Poetry, traditionally applied by Russian philologists to the first two decades of the 20th century
• Silver Age (DC Comics), a twelve part storyline that ran through a series of one shot comic books published by DC Comics in 2000
• Silver Age (album), a 2012 album by Bob Mould
• Silver age, a b-side to the Pet Shop Boys' 1999 single I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More