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silvering

American  
[sil-ver-ing] / ˈsɪl vər ɪŋ /

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.


Etymology

Origin of silvering

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

Example Sentences

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“This is my busiest I think I’ve ever been in my life,” said Mr. Thompson, a third-generation water hunter with silvering hair and the lumbering gait of a bear.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2021

Screen Goo is highly pigmented and has a little silvering in the paint that reflects light back at lots of different angles.

From The Verge • Feb. 24, 2020

A thickset Catholic businessman with silvering hair and bloodshot eyes, he was wearing a loose denim shirt.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 4, 2016

This will make the inside surface of the clear plastic a perfect mirror for such rays without any need for the silvering used on common mirrors.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

He wears his silvering hair short on the sides and has a rainbow friendship bracelet tied around one wrist.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater