Silvered

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     2. To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like
        that of silver.
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              And smiling calmness silvered o'er the deep. --Pope.
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     3. To make hoary, or white, like silver.
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              His head was silvered o'er with age.  --Gay.
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