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Meanings of quicksilver in English
A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures.
Usage of quicksilver in English
1
Under the cloudy sky the waters had the steel-gray luster of quicksilver.
2
Water clings to the side of a vessel; again, quicksilver does not.
3
Why, the quicksilver gets into your blood; I think that's the way.
4
One might have said that we were in a bath of quicksilver.
5
The production, stylish in late 1950s mode, again showed its quicksilver merits.
6
In addition, small quantities of quicksilver and vermilion were made at Almaden.
7
And if they send you to the quicksilver mines you get salivated.
8
The sunshine of her warm vitality was like quicksilver in Farnum's veins.
9
It was a quicksilver city, and its loyalties ran with the wind.
10
They had baths, and libraries, and dining-halls, fountains of quicksilver and water.
11
The quicksilver jaws parted slightly, showing layers and levels of steel teeth.
12
Mercury was the other name for quicksilver-andthat was lively, you bet!
13
One of the largest quicksilver mines in the world is at New Almaden.
14
The gentle rain in the shaft of light looked like quicksilver.
15
It embraces not only gold, but quantities of quicksilver in almost general abundance.
16
It was very good; it was golden syrup instead of quicksilver.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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