Category:Quicksilver

Quick"sil`ver, n. Etym: [quick living + silver; -- so called from its Fluidity; cf. G. quecksilber, l. argentum vivum. See quick, a.] (chem.)

Defn: the metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid Silver. Quicksilver horizon, a mercurial artificial horizon. See Under horizon. -- quicksilver water, a solution of mercury nitrate used in Artificial silvering; quick water.