quicksilver

Unpredictable; mercurial.

To overlay with quicksilver; treat with quicksilver: chiefly used in the past and present participles.

The common popular designation of the metal mercury. See mercury, 6, and mercurial.

A term popularly applied to the amalgam of mercury and tin on the back of a common mirror.

The metal mercury; — so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.

a mercurial artificial horizon. See under Horizon.

a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering; quick water.

The metal mercury.

An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.