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Examples
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Say hi to all the filky type people I will be missing.
seanan_mcguire: Where's Seanan? The Montreal edition. seanan_mcguire 2009
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The difTolved fcle - nitt now cryftallizes in the form of filky threads, whidi at removed j and by continuing the evaporation we procure the phofphoric acid, under the appearance of a white pellucid glafs.
The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ... 1798
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But Venus, fufFering not her favourite worm For aye to fleepen in his filky tomb,
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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But \'enus, fufFering not her favourite worm For aye to fleepen in his filky tomb,
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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The leaves are fliort - er and fomewhat broader than the other kigd» lance* fliaped, filky underneath, and very iKghtly fcrrated on the edges*
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The feathers of this bird have the appearance of filky hairs, ferving to diftinguifh it from the others; and the blue in fome lights appears green.
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42 A DIALOGUE lelbttg more properly to that fuperficial Sort if Beauty, which I mentioned in part under the Firft Head, in fpeaking of the filky Appearance of the Skin -, and the Luminoufnefs in fomcEyes.
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• More lovely through a veil of tender forrow Her beauties fhone; as whrn the fun at noon Through a cloud's - filky fleece (beds foftened day.
The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, on an Enlarged Plan 1796
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The flimy malic - waves her filky leaf) - O'er the young moot the charlock throws a tnade,
The British Magazine and Review, Or, Universal Miscellany 1783
TankHughes commented on the word filky
long s confusion? Do the examples mean silky?
October 9, 2016
hugovk commented on the word filky
The first isn't: "Say hi to all the filky type people I will be missing" is a jokey reply after the author typoed "film trivia".
The others are long-s silky.
October 9, 2016