Silvering \Sil"ver*ing\, n. (Metal.) The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)