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silver(2) (iou)



silver verb. ME.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Cover or plate with silver. Freq. foll. by over. ME.
G. W. Francis Copper may be silvered over.
b. Provide (glass) with a coating to make it reflective. M17.
A. Carter Glass walls..silvered on the outside, so the whole room was a perfect mirror.
verb trans. Make (esp. hair) silver in colour; give a silvery lustre to. LME.
Disraeli Thought, not time, had partially silvered..his raven hair. R. Rendell The frost..would silver all the little grass verges.
verb intrans. Become silver in colour; flow with a silvery gleam. poet. M18.
J. Clare The river silver'd down the plains.
silverer noun a person who silvers something; esp. a person who practises silver plating as an occupation: L16.
silvering noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) silver plating: E18.