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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.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of silvering1

First recorded in 1700–10; silver + -ing 1
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The moon is out, shining through the window at one end, silvering the laundry ropes, making ghost gray shapes on the dusty floor.

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Bonlie, a middle-aged man with silvering hair and a cheerful manner, listened attentively as she went through her long list of symptoms and her account of two decades of intermittent misery.

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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.

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“I am sure I’m not the only one to feel this way — and I’m also sure the woman silvering in the mirror can do better.â€

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

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