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MERCURY |
Quicksilver |
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HYDRARGYRUM |
Quicksilver; mercury. |
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FOLIATED |
Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver. |
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QUICKSILVERED |
Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of
quicksilver and tinfoil. |
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AMALGAMATE |
To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal,
as quicksilver. |
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FLOURED |
Finely granulated; -- said of quicksilver which has
been granulated by agitation during the amalgamation process. |
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FOLIATE |
To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver;
as, to foliate a looking-glass. |
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FOLIATION |
The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and
quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses. |
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FOIL |
A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a
looking-glass, to cause reflection. |
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SPIRIT |
Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac,
quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment). |
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LOOKING-GLASS |
A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a
backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver. |
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SPHERULE |
A little sphere or spherical body; as, quicksilver, when
poured upon a plane, divides itself into a great number of minute
spherules. |
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PORPORINO |
A composition of quicksilver, tin, and sulphur, forming
a yellow powder, sometimes used by mediaeval artists, for the sake of
economy, instead of gold. |
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CREEP |
To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the
collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the
quicksilver on a mirror may creep. |
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FLASK |
A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various
purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron,
to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc. |
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CALOMEL |
...chloride. It occurs
native as the mineral horn quicksilver. ... |
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RIFFLE |
A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across
the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when
auriferous ea... |
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SPILL |
...oose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill
quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand
or flour. ... |