Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SIL'VER, v.t.

1. To cover superficially with a coat of silver; as, to silver a pin or a dial-plate.
2. To foliate; to cover with tinfoil amalgamated with quick-silver; as, to silver glass.
3. To adorn with mild luster; to make smooth and bright. And smiling calmness silver'd o'er the deep. – Pope.
4. To make hoary. His head was silver'd o'er with age. – Gay.