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Webster 1913 Edition

Silvering

Sil′ver-ing

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Noun.
(Metal.)
The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on;
as, the
silvering
of a glass speculum
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Silvering

SIL'VERING

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ppr.
Covering the surface with a thin coat of silver; foliating; rendering mildly lustrous; rendering white.

SIL'VERING

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Noun.
The art, operation or practice of covering the surface of any thing with silver; as the silvering of copper or brass.

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