QUICKSILVERINGS

QUICKSILVERING

Quick"sil`ver*ing, n.

Definition: The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.

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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