Hypertext Webster Gateway: "silvered"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Silver \Sil"ver\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silvered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Silvering}.]
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. To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like
that of silver.
And smiling calmness silvered o'er the deep. --Pope.
3. To make hoary, or white, like silver.
His head was silvered o'er with age. --Gay.
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