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Definition of mercury
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Mercury
(v. t.) To wash with a
preparation
of
mercury.
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Mercurial
::
Mercurial
(a.)
Caused
by the use of
mercury;
as,
mercurial
sore
mouth..
Mercaptan
::
Mercaptan
(n.) Any one of
series
of
compounds,
hydrosulphides
of
alcohol
radicals,
in
composition
resembling
the
alcohols,
but
containing
sulphur
in place of
oxygen,
and hence
called
also the
sulphur
alcohols.
In
general,
they are
colorless
liquids
having
a
strong,
repulsive,
garlic
odor. The name is
specifically
applied
to ethyl
mercaptan,
C2H5SH.
So
called
from its
avidity
for
mercury,
and other
metals..
Hermes
::
Hermes
(n.) See
Mercury.
Coloradoite
::
Coloradoite
(n.)
Mercury
telluride,
an
iron-black
metallic
mineral,
found in
Colorado..
Cinnabar
::
Cinnabar
(n.) Red
sulphide
of
mercury,
occurring
in
brilliant
red
crystals,
and also in red or brown
amorphous
masses.
It is used in
medicine..
Caduceus
::
Caduceus
(n.) The
official
staff or wand of
Hermes
or
Mercury,
the
messenger
of the gods. It was
originally
said to be a
herald's
staff of olive wood, but was
afterwards
fabled
to have two
serpents
coiled
about it, and two wings at the top..
Mobile
::
Mobile
(a.)
Characterized
by an
extreme
degree
of
fluidity;
moving
or
flowing
with great
freedom;
as,
benzine
and
mercury
are
mobile
liquids;
--
opposed
to
viscous,
viscoidal,
or
oily..
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..
Manometer
::
Manometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
the
tension
or
elastic
force of
gases,
steam,
etc.,
constructed
usually
on the
principle
of
allowing
the gas to exert its
elastic
force in
raising
a
column
of
mercury
in an open tube, or in
compressing
a
portion
of air or other gas in a
closed
tube with
mercury
or other
liquid
intervening,
or in
bending
a
metallic
or other
spring
so as to set in
motion
an
index;
a
pressure
gauge.
See
Pressure,
and
Illust.
of Air
pump..
Secretage
::
Secretage
(n.) A
process
in which
mercury,
or some of its
salts,
is
employed
to
impart
the
property
of
felting
to
certain
kinds of
furs..
Caducean
::
Caducean
(a.) Of or
belonging
to
Mercury's
caduceus,
or
wand..
Mercurial
::
Mercurial
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to, or
containing,
mercury;
as,
mercurial
preparations,
barometer.
See
Mercury,
2..
Buoyant
::
Buoyant
(v. t. & i.)
Having
the
quality
of
rising
or
floating
in a
fluid;
tending
to rise or
float;
as, iron is
buoyant
in
mercury..
Element
::
Element
(n.) The
elements
of the
alchemists
were salt,
sulphur,
and
mercury..
Metacinnabarite
::
Metacinnabarite
(n.)
Sulphide
of
mercury
in
isometric
form and black in
color.
Patio
::
Patio (n.) A paved yard or floor where ores are
cleaned
and
sorted,
or where ore, salt,
mercury,
etc., are
trampled
by
horses,
to
effect
intermixture
and
amalgamation..
Water Gilding
::
Water
gilding
() The act, or the
process,
of
gilding
metallic
surfaces
by
covering
them with a thin
coating
of
amalgam
of gold, and then
volatilizing
the
mercury
by heat; --
called
also wash
gilding..
Mercurify
::
Mercurify
(v. t.) To
combine
or
mingle
mercury
with; to
impregnate
with
mercury;
to
mercurialize.
Mercuric
::
Mercuric
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
derived
from,
mercury;
containing
mercury;
-- said of those
compounds
of
mercury
into which this
element
enters
in its
lowest
proportion..
Azoth
::
Azoth (n.) The first
principle
of
metals,
i. e.,
mercury,
which was
formerly
supposed
to exist in all
metals,
and to be
extractable
from
them..
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