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silks, plural;
  1. A fine, strong, soft, lustrous fiber produced by silkworms in making cocoons and collected to make thread and fabric

  2. A similar fiber spun by some other insect larvae and by most spiders

  3. Thread or fabric made from the fiber produced by the silkworm
    • - a silk shirt
  4. Garments made from such fabric, esp. as worn by a jockey in the colors of a particular horse owner

  5. A cover worn over a riding hat made from a silklike fabric

  6. A Queen's (or King's) Counsel

  7. Any silklike threads that grow in plants, such as at the end of an ear of corn or in a milkweed pod


  1. a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
  2. animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders
  3. (silks) the brightly colored garments of a jockey; emblematic of the stable
  4. Silk is a natural protein fibre, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity (sericulture). ...
  5. In semiconductor manufacturing, a low-κ dielectric is a material with a small dielectric constant relative to silicon dioxide. ...
  6. SILK is an audio compression format and audio codec used by Skype. It is developed by Skype Limited. SILK is a replacement for the SVOPC codec.
  7. Silk (Gui si) is a 2006 horror film made in Taiwan. It was screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
  8. Silk is the film adaptation of Italian author Alessandro Baricco's novel of the same name. It was released in September 2007 through New Line Cinema and directed by the Red Violin director, François Girard.
  9. Silk is the self-titled second album by Silk. It has been certified Gold by the RIAA.
  10. A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider); A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers; The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel; a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel
  11. (Silking) Coating defect: fine parallel irregularities in a paint film that give the appearance of silk. This defect usually is a special case of floating and flocculation in coating finishes.
  12. (Silking) Female flowering in maize, i.e. moment that silks emerge from the husk.
  13. (Silking) It is considered the first reproductive stage
  14. (Silks) Jacket representing the owner of a horse which is worn by the jockey.
  15. (Silks) Jacket and cap worn by jockeys.
  16. The racing silks worn by jockeys to designate the horses owner.
  17. (Silks) Color Guard flags. Nowadays they are typically made out of polyester fabric, not silk.
  18. (Silks) Diffusion material made now from nylon.
  19. (Silks) Sheer piece of white cloth on a rigid frame that diffuses light usually placed on C-Stands in front of the light.
  20. (Silks) The colorful shirts, which represent a horse's owner(s), that jockeys wear during a race; also known as “colors.”
  21. (Silks) another term to describe the fabric part of a flag
  22. (silks) Screens used for lighting and shading.
  23. Silks are generally scanty outfits with flexiprim 'veils' at various attachment points. They originated in the Gorean roleplaying subculture but the term has since spread into the mainstream of SL.
  24. silks - A type of extremely revealing lingerie worn by Gorean slave girls, loosely based on descriptions given in the original Gor novels. Silks have moved out from the Gorean subculture and into the more general SL fashion industry, and are worn at times many non-Gorean female avatars.
  25. A natural filament fiber produced by the silkworm in the construction of its cocoon. Most silk is collected from cultivated worms; Tussah silk, or wild silk, is a thicker, shorter fiber produced by worms in their natural habitat. All silk comes from Asia, primarily China.