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Word Meanings - QUICKSILVERED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil.

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  • AMALGAM
    A native compound of mercury and silver. (more info) 1. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc. Note: Medalists apply the term to soft alloys generally. 2. A mixture or compound of different things.
  • AMALGAMA
    See BURKE
  • AMALGAMATE; AMALGAMATED
    Coalesced; united; combined.
  • QUICKSILVER
    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.
  • AMALGAMIZE
    To amalgamate.
  • QUICKSILVERING
    The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.
  • AMALGAMATION
    1. The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury. Ure. 2. The mixing or blending of different elements,
  • AMALGAMATIVE
    Characterized by amalgamation.
  • QUICKSILVERED
    Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil.
  • AMALGAMATE
    1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury. 2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another. Ingratitude
  • AMALGAMATOR
    One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.

 

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