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▪ I. ˈsilvering, vbl. n.
[f. silver v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. in various senses.
1738Chambers Cycl. s.v. Paper, Silvering of paper, as it is called, is another secret among the Chinese, practised [etc.]. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. App. s.v., Silvering..is a species of gilding. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 728 To plate Looking-Glasses.—This art is erroneously termed silvering. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 592 The silvering of plane mirrors consists in applying a layer of tin-foil alloyed with mercury to their posterior surface. 1883Science II. 60/2 On some occasions the silvering has been done at night.
b. attrib., as silvering bath, silvering process, silvering room.
1855Orr's Circle Sci., Pract. Chem. 13 Any of the well-known silvering compositions. Ibid. 41 Iron boilers..in close proximity to the silvering-room. 1872E. Spon Workshop Rec. Ser. i. 171/2 If the pieces..are plunged into a gilding or silvering bath.
2. concr. Silver plating; a coating of silver, silver nitrate, or quicksilver.
1710Tatler No. 245 ⁋2 A silver cheese-toaster with three tongues, an ebony handle, and silvering at the end. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. App. s.v., The quick-silver thus laid on..will make a fine silvering. 1832Babbage Econ. Manuf. xvi. (ed. 3) 149 If the silvering is injured, it can..be re-silvered. 1873E. Spon Workshop Rec. Ser. i. 209/1 Should a first silvering not be found sufficiently durable,..apply a second or third coat.
▪ II. ˈsilvering, ppl. a.
[f. silver v. + -ing2.]
That silvers; making or becoming silvery.
1801Southey Thalaba vi. xxiv, The very light came cool'd through silvering panes Of pearly shell. 1818Milman Samor 264 Eamont..Went laughing down its sunny silvering course. 1873G. C. Davies Mount. & Mere iv. 24 Beneath the silvering willows. |