Harm OBE woman receiving silver (6)
I believe the answer is:
damage
'harm' is the definition.
(I know that harm can be written as damage)
'woman receiving silver' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'dame' (dame is a kind of woman).
'receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'silver' becomes 'Ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver).
'dame' going around 'ag' is 'DAMAGE'.
'obe' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for damage that I've seen before include "Mar" , "Harm, injury" , "Physical harm" , "Detrimental effect" , "Harm; reparation" .)