📒 fine soft thread produced by silkworms
📒 a type of fine smooth cloth made from silk thread; a piece of this cloth
📒 thread made of silk used for sewing
📒 clothes made of silk, especially the coloured shirts worn by people riding horses in a race (= jockeys)
📒 a type of lawyer who represents the government (= a King’s Counsel / Queen’s Counsel)
📒 (you won't) succeed in making something good out of material that does not seem very good at all