n. [ Quick living + silver; -- so called from its fluidity; cf. G. quecksilber, L. argentum vivum. See Quick, a. ] (Chem.) The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver. [ 1913 Webster ]
Quicksilver horizon, a mercurial artificial horizon. See under Horizon. -- Quicksilver water, a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering; quick water. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures, Syn.atomic number 80, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ Quick living + silver; -- so called from its fluidity; cf. G. quecksilber, L. argentum vivum. See Quick, a. ] (Chem.) The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver. [ 1913 Webster ]
Quicksilver horizon, a mercurial artificial horizon. See under Horizon. -- Quicksilver water, a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering; quick water. [ 1913 Webster ]
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