silver plate
noun
silver tableware.
silver-plating
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present participleof silver-plate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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So in Nashville, Biochemist Paul F. Hahn is trying to fool the body by silver-plating his radio-gold.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here—a man selling silvering-liquor, to be applied to vulgar yellow spoons, only a franc a bottle, and a whole set turned into purest silver-plating, plating that will not wear out through all your lives.
From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
There's some fine engraving on the silver-plating, noble sentiment, deftly expressed, and done in the engraver's best style.
From Quiet Talks on John's Gospel by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
The art of silver-plating was invented at Sheffield by Thomas Bolsover, an ingenious mechanic, in the latter half of the eighteenth century, and extensively applied by Mr. Joseph Hancock.
From Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney
For silver-plating the solution consists of the double cyanide of silver and potash, and may be used either hot or cold.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
