Mercury

Quick meaning: Mercury is a noun meaning (uncountable) Senses relating to the metal.

Meaning

(uncountable) Senses relating to the metal.

More Meanings

1. (countable) Senses relating to plants.
2. (medicine, historical) To administer to (someone) a medicine containing mercury.
3. (historical) To apply or coat (something) with mercury (noun sense 1.1) or a preparation containing mercury.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• mercuries
• mercurie
• mercurying
• mercuried

Synonyms for mercury

Depending on context, synonyms include quicksilver.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quicksilver, bichloride, methylmercury, mercuric, silver, metal.

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