silvering

[ sil-ver-ing ]

noun

1. the act or process of coating with silver or a substance resembling silver.
2. the coating thus applied:

   the silvering of the mirror.

Word History and Origins

Origin of silvering¹

First recorded in 1700–10; silver + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

If you dip a gold ring or a sovereign into quicksilver, it will be silvered by it, and the silvering will not come off.

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Then mix both liquids together in the silvering vessel and suspend the glass to be silvered face downwards in the solution.

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The silvering being finished, the sheets are dipped along two parallel edges in 75 per cent nitric acid.

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And here and there, silvering the bushes, the elder offered its snowy tribute to the summer.

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Presently through the trees they saw the moonlight silvering the placid water.

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