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