Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To overlay with quicksilver.
(transitive)To treat with quicksilver.
Examples
4 sentencesMercury is also known as quicksilver.
The alchemist tried unsuccessfully to convert quicksilver into gold.
Quicksilver is also known as mercury.
Quicksilver, always liquid, corrodes metals.
ruРтуть, всегда находящаяся в жидком состоянии, разъедает металлы. — carlosalberto
deQuecksilber, das immer flüssig ist, korrodiert Metalle. — carlosalberto
Origin
From Middle English quyk silver, quyksilver, quikselver, from Old English cwicseolfor (“quFrom Middle English quyk silver, quyksilver, quikselver, from Old English cwicseolfor (“quicksilver”, literally “living silver”) (see Latin argentum vīvum) from its ability to move. See quick in the sense of "living". Cognate with Dutch kwikzilver, German Low German Quicksülver, German Quecksilber, Danish kviksølv, Norwegian Bokmål kvikksølv, Swedish kvicksilver. By surface analysis, quick (“living”) + silver.
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Forms
quicksilvers, quicksilvering, quicksilvered, quicksilvered| Base form | quicksilver · to quicksilver |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | quicksilvers |
| Present participle | quicksilvering |
| Past simple | quicksilvered |
| Past participle | quicksilvered |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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