Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Silvery-black; black silvered over with hoary-white: as, the silver-black fox. See silver fox, under silver.

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Examples

  • Faint kaleidoscop - ic angles centered in to a silver-black focal point.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • He reached into the exposed chassis of an ancient television and withdrew a silver-black vacuum tube.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • He stood framed in the doorway, the silver-black night behind him.

    The Mother Garden Robin Romm 2007

  • He stood framed in the doorway, the silver-black night behind him.

    The Mother Garden Robin Romm 2007

  • Also available is a more masculine silver-black version that you can check out after the jump.

    Gold Samsung YP-Z5 replaces silver spoon for newborns 2007

  • Fortunately, after an afternoon I had synthesized an antidote for this dreadful disease - a silver-black oily fluid ....

    I'm Exhausted, But Let Me Tell You About My RPG! chaosdancer 2005

  • This eclectic three-story nightspot is composed of Pure, a contemporary Japanese restaurant; Sugar, a dessert parlor, and Cube, a silver-black Bond-esque bar and terrace.

    HotSpot: The Collection, Shanghai 2007

  • It was my job to lead them to success, summoning Y'gonolac by force-feeding thirty-five citizens my evil Glaaki potion - the milk of Glaaki, a silver-black fluid that self-reproduced - and then holding a ritual out by the lake.

    I'm Exhausted, But Let Me Tell You About My RPG! chaosdancer 2005

  • Dale swung back to the concrete stoop and had just stumbled up onto it when the fifth dog hit him again — leaping through the air, its black coat gleaming silver-black in the yellow light from the kitchen — and then both he and the hound were flying off the stoop, striking the wall of the farmhouse once before bouncing away.

    A Winter Haunting Simmons, Dan 2002

  • To the right was a silver-black corner of fabric where someone else had deployed.

    Firestorm Barr, Nevada 1996

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