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silky

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silky
1. made of silk
2. Botany covered with long fine soft hairs

silky
female spirit who does household chores. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 364–365]


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Colonel Silky was evidently struck with my appearance.
Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose.
The silky grass with its ripe seeds came almost to his waist in the dampest spots.
 
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