A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ... to which are Prefixed, Principles of English Pronunciation ... by John Walker ..

Silently, si'-lènt-lé, ad. Without speech; without noise; without mention. Silicious,
sé-lish-sis, a. 135. 357. Made of hair. ... Made of silver; white like silver; having a
pale lustre; soft of voice. ... A simple ingredient in a medicine, a drug, an herb.