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Idrialite :: Idrialite (n.) A bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of Idria, where it occurs mixed with cinnabar..

Hypostasis :: Hypostasis (n.) Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies..

Mercurialist :: Mercurialist (n.) One under the influence of Mercury; one resembling Mercury in character.

Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus..

Quicksilvering :: Quicksilvering (n.) The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.

Mercury :: Mercury (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, being the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3,000 miles..

Hydrargyrism :: Hydrargyrism (n.) A diseased condition produced by poisoning with hydrargyrum, or mercury; mercurialism..

Water Thermometer :: Water thermometer () A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39? Fahr., or 4? Centigrade; and from that point down to 32? Fahr., or 0? Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands..

Mercury :: Mercury (n.) A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also, a newspaper..

Mercurify :: Mercurify (v. t.) To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury; to mercurialize.

Oleate :: Oleate (n.) A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction..

Amalgam :: Amalgam (n.) A native compound of mercury and silver.

Elongation :: Elongation (n.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury..

Prometheus :: Prometheus (n.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver..

Liquefacient :: Liquefacient (n.) An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions..

Kingston Metal :: Kingston metal () An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery..

Intramercurial :: Intramercurial (a.) Between the planet Mercury and the sun; -- as, the hypothetical Vulcan is intramercurial..

Column :: Column (n.) Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column..

Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Having the form or image of Mercury; -- applied to ancient guideposts.

Hydrargyrum :: Hydrargyrum (n.) Quicksilver; mercury.

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