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  • 131sil|ver|point — «SIHL vuhr POYNT», noun. 1. the process of making a drawing with a point or pencil of silver on specially prepared paper: »Fifty drawings in silverpoint, ink, tempera, and wax encaustic by a facile, delicate draftsman (Time). 2. a drawing made in …

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  • 132sil|ver|sides — «SIHL vuhr SYDZ», noun, plural sides. 1. any one of a family of small, chiefly marine fishes having a silvery stripe along the body, such as the grunion. 2. any one of certain freshwater minnows related to the carps. 3. = coho. (Cf. ↑coho) …

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