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QUICKSILVERED
Verb
quicksilvered
simple past tense and past participle of quicksilver
Source: Wiktionary
Quick"sil`vered, a.
Definition: Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil.
QUICKSILVER
Quick"sil`ver, n. Etym: [Quick living + silver; -- so called from its fluidity; cf. G. quecksilber, L. argentum vivum. See Quick, a.] (Chem.)
Definition: The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver. Quicksilver horizon, a mercurial artificial horizon. See under Horizon.
– Quicksilver water, a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering; quick water.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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