amalgam

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By that time the whole of the silver has formed an amalgam with the mercury, and this amalgam is afterwards separated from the earth by being trampled under water in troughs.

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  1. noun Any of various alloys of mercury with other metals, especially:
  2. noun An alloy of mercury and silver used in dental fillings.
  3. noun An alloy of mercury and tin used in silvering mirrors.
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  1. Middle English, from Old French amalgame, from Medieval Latin amalgama, probably ultimately from Greek malagma, soft mass.

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  1. from Middle English amalgame, malgam (also as Middle Latin), from Old French amalgame, modern F. amalgame = Spanish Portuguese Italian amalgama = Middle Latin amalgama, sometimes algamala, supposed to be a perversion (perhaps through Arabic, with Arabic art. al) of Latin malagma, from Greek μάλαγμα, an emollient, poultice, any soft mass, from μαλάσσ, σ1ειν, soften, from μαλακός, soft, akin to L. mollis, soft: see moll, mollify, emollient, etc.
  2. from Middle English amalgamen; from the noun.
 

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