silvering Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam
    silver.
    • silver the necklace
  2. verb make silver in color
    silver.
    • Her worries had silvered her hair
  3. verb turn silver
    silver.
    • The man's hair silvered very attractively

WordNet


Sil"ver*ing noun
Definitions
  1. (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 1913