Word Meanings - QUICKSILVERING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.
Related words: (words related to QUICKSILVERING)
- LOOKDOWN
See - GLASSEN
Glassy; glazed. And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson. - GLASSINESS
The quality of being glassy. - GLASSWORT
A seashore plant of the Spinach family , with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family , both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap. - LOOK
1. To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below. 2. To - GLASS-ROPE
A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together. - GLASSILY
So as to resemble glass. - GLASS MAKER; GLASSMAKER
One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n. - LOOKOUT
1. A careful looking or watching for any object or event. 2. The place from which such observation is made. 3. A person engaged in watching. 4. Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility. - GLASS-SPONGE
A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella. - GLASS-SNAIL
A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina. - GLASSITE
A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is "no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the - GLASS-GAZING
Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical. Shak. - GLASSWORK
Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass. - LOOKING-GLASS
A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver. There is none so homely but loves a looking-glass. South. - GLASSHOUSE
A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware. - LOOKER
One who looks. Looker-on, a spectator; one that looks on, but has no agency or part in an affair. Did not this fatal war affront thy coast, Yet sattest thou an idle looker-on Fairfax. - GLASS-FACED
Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. "The glass-faced flatterer." Shak. - GLASSY
1. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. Bacon. 2. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep. 3. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; - GLASS
Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion. 3. Anything made of glass. Especially: A looking-glass; a mirror. A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and - ILL-LOOKING
Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv. - FLOOKAN; FLUKAN
See FLUCAN - SPYGLASS
A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects. - FLOOKY
Fluky. - DOWNLOOKED
Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen. Dryden. - GOOD-LOOKING
Handsome. - SANDGLASS
An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass. - WATER GLASS
See GLASS - STORMGLASS
A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a solution which is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc., and by clearness, fair weather. - ON-LOOKING
Looking on or forward.