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silvering

verb

Meaning

  1. To acquire a silvery colour.
  2. To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.
  3. To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
  4. To make hoary, or white, like silver.
  5. The process of coating a surface with a thin layer of silver (or a similar metal), especially so as to form a mirror.
  6. The silver used in this kind of coating.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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