Quick"sil`ver*ing, n.
Definition: The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.
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
8 September 2024
(adverb) without any others being included or involved; “was entirely to blame”; “a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children”; “he works for Mr. Smith exclusively”; “did it solely for money”; “the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone”; “a privilege granted only to him”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
