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My golden curls are silvering o'er— Who heeds?

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852 by Chambers, William

If the article you are silvering or gilding corrodes or turns black, it wants a little more cyanuret.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel