Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Silvery \Sil"ver*y\, a.
   1. Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white
      and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.

            All the enameled race, whose silvery wing Waves to
            the tepid zephyrs of the spring.      --Pope.

   2. Besprinkled or covered with silver.

   3. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear
      in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh.

   {Silvery iron} (Metal.), a peculiar light-gray fine-grained
      cast iron, usually obtained from clay iron ore.