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  • 11Quicksilver — 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. [1913 Webster] {Quicksilver horizon}, a… …

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  • 12Quicksilver horizon — Quicksilver 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. [1913 Webster] {Quicksilver… …

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  • 13Quicksilver water — Quicksilver 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. [1913 Webster] {Quicksilver… …

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  • 14mercury — [mʉr′kyoor ē, mʉr′kyərē] n. [L Mercurius, Mercury, of Etr orig.] 1. [M ] Rom. Myth. the messenger of the gods, god of commerce, manual skill, eloquence, cleverness, travel, and thievery: identified with the Greek Hermes 2. [M ] the eighth largest …

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  • 15quicksilver — [kwik′sil΄vər] n. [ME < OE cwicseolfor < cwicu, living (see QUICK) + seolfor,SILVER: transl. of L argentum vivum, lit., living silver: from its liquid form] mercury: see MERCURY (n. 3a) vt. to cover with mercury adj. 1. of or like …

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  • 16mercury — silver white fluid metallic element, late 14c., from M.L. mercurius, from L. Mercurius (see MERCURY (Cf. Mercury)). Prepared from cinnabar, it was one of the seven metals (bodies terrestrial) known to the ancients, which were coupled in astrology …

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  • 17Mercury(I) chloride — Mercury(I) chloride …

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  • 18Quicksilver (ISP) — Quicksilver was an ISP based in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand. It offered broadband, dialup and toll s services around New Zealand. Quicksilver was an activity of Mercury Telecommunications Ltd, a company formed by Matthew Hobbs and Mark Frater …

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  • 19Mercury — Mer cu*ry, n. [L. Mercurius; akin to merx wares.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence. [1913 …

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  • 20Mercury (comics) — Mercury, in comics, may refer to: Mercury (Marvel Comics), a.k.a. Cessily Kincaid, a Marvel Comics character who can turn herself into a mercurial substance Mercury (Amalgam Comics), a combination of the characters Impulse and Quicksilver made… …

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