silvering

/S IH1 L V ER0 IH0 NG/

verb

1
To acquire a silvery colour.
2
To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.
“to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury”
3
To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
4
To make hoary, or white, like silver.

noun

1
The process of coating a surface with a thin layer of silver (or a similar metal), especially so as to form a mirror.
2
The silver used in this kind of coating.

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