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De - Pt| English Dictionary: silvering | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for silvering | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Silver \Sil"ver\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silvered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Silvering}.] 1. To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury. 2. To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver. And smiling calmness silvered o'er the deep. --Pope. 3. To make hoary, or white, like silver. His head was silvered o'er with age. --Gay. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Silvering \Sil"ver*ing\, n. (Metal.) The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum. | |
