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quick⋅sil⋅ver

  [kwik-sil-ver]
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–noun
1. the metallic element mercury.
–verb (used with object)
2. to amalgamate (metal) with mercury.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME qwyksilver, OE cwicseolfor (trans. L argentum vīvum) lit., living silver

Related forms:
quick⋅sil⋅ver⋅y, adjective
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mer·cu·ry   (mûr'kyə-rē)   
n.  

  1. Symbol Hg A silvery-white poisonous metallic element, liquid at room temperature and used in thermometers, barometers, vapor lamps, and batteries and in the preparation of chemical pesticides. Atomic number 80; atomic weight 200.59; melting point -38.87°C; boiling point 356.58°C; specific gravity 13.546 (at 20°C); valence 1, 2. Also called quicksilver. See Table at element.

  2. Temperature: The mercury had fallen rapidly by morning.

  3. Any of several weedy plants of the genera Mercurialis or Acalypha.


[Middle English mercurie, from Medieval Latin mercurius, from Latin Mercurius, Mercury.]
quick·sil·ver   (kwĭk'sĭl'vər)   
n.  See mercury.
adj.  Unpredictable; mercurial: "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" (Sven Birkerts).

[Middle English, from Old English cwicseolfor, living silver (translation of Latin argentum vīvum) : cwic, cwicu, alive; see gwei- in Indo-European roots + seolfor, silver; see silver.]
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Word Origin & History

quicksilver 
O.E. cwicseolfor, translating L. argentum vivum (cf. It. argento vivo), lit. "living silver;" so called from its liquid mobility. See quick + silver.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: quick·sil·ver
Pronunciation: -"sil-v&r
Function: noun
: MERCURY1
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

Quicksilver database
A dBASE-like compiler for MS-DOS from WordTech.
(1995-05-11)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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