The Collaborative International Dictionary
Silverling \Sil"ver*ling\, n. A small silver coin. [Obs.]
A thousand vines at a thousand silverings.
--Isa. vii.
23.
Wiktionary
n. a small silver coin
Wikipedia
Silverling is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
- Baccharis glomeruliflora
- Baccharis halimifolia
- Paronychia argyrocoma
Usage examples of "silverling".
Starlein and Silverling, for they are the only ones who can show you the way into the garden.
Then Teddy told her how the Counterpane Fairy had said that he must find Silverling and Starlein and that then perhaps he could get into the garden where the singing fountain was.
He caught Silverling by the hand and without another word they ran as fast as they could up the hall and around the corner, through the silvery archway, and into the other hall.
At last Silverling missed the ball, and as it rolled on down the hall he ran after it, stooping and trying to catch it, but always just missing.
Teddy shouted and clapped his hands, jumping up and down with his bare feet, and then he stood still watching Silverling as he ran far, far down the hall.
After a while, when he turned into another hall he once more saw Silverling at play with his silver ball.
In a moment Silverling had taken the chain from his neck and unfastened the ends.
Another silverling came apart into neat bits underneath her filleting knife as she spoke.
Kief tended greens and stock in the steaming soup kettle, while Narin worked at turning a platter of silverlings into spoon-sized chunks.
Arekhon remembered her using the same knife to fillet silverlings in the kitchen at Demaizen, the day that he brought home the sus-Peledaen charts.