What does mercury mean?
Mercury means (uncountable) Senses relating to the metal..
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/ˈmɜːkjʊɹi/ · noun
(uncountable) Senses relating to the metal..
In proceeding to elucidate my process, I will divide it into six parts, the first three of which will be confined to plate cleaning; the fourth to coating with chemicals; the fifth to mercurying and chemicals, and the sixth to finishing with general remarks.
An image is but an appearance on glass that has been mercuried. It cannot be a friend.
[T]he room mercuried / in dusk, pigeon loose / and flying frantic against walls, mirror, chilly xylophone of hangers set ringing by its wings.
As for bloodletting, their prime cooler, it is inflammatory; and they know it (parrot-wise), for the thumping heart, and bounding pulse, of pashints blid [bled] by butchers in black, and bullocks blid by butchers in blue, prove it; and they have recorded this in all their books; yet stabbed, and bit, and starved, and mercuried, and murdered, on.
Use mercury when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mercury means (uncountable) Senses relating to the metal..
Common synonyms include quicksilver, atomic number 80, hg.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In proceeding to elucidate my process, I will divide it into six parts, the first three of which will be confined to plate cleaning; the fourth to coating with chemicals; the fifth to mercurying and chemicals, and the sixth to finishing with general remarks.
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