It is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.

Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk. / Smooth and pleasant; seductive.

Alternative spelling of silkie

Made of silk. / Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk; suggestive of silk.

(transitive) To render silken or silklike.

Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.

The property of being silky.

plural of silkscreen

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of silkscreen

A sheet of material (originally silk but now synthetic) with areas that are porous to ink and others that are non-porous to allow printing of images, such as on T-shirts.