n. Afternoon sleep or rest, esp. In hot countries. [spanish from latin sexta (hora) sixth hour]

—n. - a sign (usu. Prearranged) conveying information etc. B message of such signs.

- immediate cause of action etc. (her death was a signal for hope).

- a electrical impulse or impulses or radio waves transmitted as a signal. B sequence of these.

- device on a railway giving instructions or warnings to train-drivers etc. —v. (-ll-; us -l-) 1 make signals.

- a (often foll. By to + infin.) Make signals to; direct. B transmit or express by signal; announce. signaller n. [latin: signum sign]

- attrib. Adj. Remarkable, noteworthy. signally adv. [french signale: related to *signal1]

n. Small seal. [french or medieval latin: related to *sign]

n. (pl. -nori) title used of or to an italian-speaking man. [latin senior *senior]

n. - green fodder stored in a silo.

- storage in a silo. [alteration of *ensilage after silo]

adj. Not speaking; not making or accompanied by any sound. silently adv. [latin sileo be silent]

- majority n. The mass of allegedly moderate people who rarely express an opinion.

gel n. Hydrated silica in a hard granular form used as a drying agent.

- n. Silicon dioxide, occurring as quartz etc. And as a main constituent of sandstone and other rocks. siliceous adj. [latin silex -lic- flint]

adj. - made of silk.

- soft or lustrous.

var. Of *sylvan.

band n. Band playing silver-plated instruments.

- birch n. Common birch with silver-coloured bark.

- jubilee n. 25th anniversary.

- lining n. Consolation or hope in misfortune.

- medal n. Medal of silver, usu. Awarded as second prize.

- paper n. Aluminium foil.

- plate n. Vessels, cutlery, etc., plated with silver. silver-plated adj.

- sand n. Fine pure sand used in gardening.

- screen n. (usu. Prec. By the) cinema films collectively.

- tongue n. Eloquence.

- wedding n. 25th anniversary of a wedding.

- —n. - greyish-white lustrous precious metallic element.

- colour of this.

- silver or cupro-nickel coins.

- household cutlery.

- = *silver medal. —adj. Of or coloured like silver. —v. - coat or plate with silver.

- provide (a mirror-glass) with a backing of tin amalgam etc.

- make silvery.

- turn grey or white. [old english]