SILVER (3)

silver (3). Silver, v.t. to cover with leaf-silver, to gild

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Sil″ver (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silvered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Silvering.] 1. 1. To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury.
2. 2. To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
And smiling calmness silvered o'er the deep. Pope. 3. 3. To make hoary, or white, like silver.
His head was silvered o'er with age. Gay.