Quick"sil`ver (?), n.
[Quick living + silver; -- so called from its fluidity; cf. G.
quecksilber, L. argentum vivum. See Quick, a.]
(Chem.) 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.
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