besilverv.
/bɪˈsɪlvə/ transitive. To silver over, to cover or line with silver; also figurative.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > gild and silver [verb (transitive)] > coat with silver
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1610 G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1847) 61 Many streams his banks besilvered.
1800 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 330 Yet how well he amalgamates and besilvers all!
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beˈsilvered adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [adjective] > coated with silver
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1825 Blackwood's Mag. 18 436 The moon-besilver'd casements guided us.
1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele II. 33 Wives and Amazons, copiously besilvered.
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