Silk"y (?), a. [Compar. Silkier (?); superl. Silkiest.]
1.
Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster.
2.
Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.
3.
Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous.
Silky oak Bot., a lofty Australian tree (Grevillea robusta) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It furnishes a valuable timber.
© Webster 1913.