SIL'VERING, participle present tense Covering the surface with a thin coat of silver; foliating; rendering mildly lustrous; rendering white. SIL'VERING, noun The art, operation or practice of covering the surface of any thing with silver; as the silvering of copper or brass.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI