Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To obtain mercury from (metallic minerals), as by the application of intense heat, which expels the mercury in fumes that are afterward condensed.
- To combine or mingle with mercury; mercurialize.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterward condensed.
- transitive verb rare To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury; to mercurialize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb rare, transitive To obtain
mercury from (amineral , etc.). - verb rare, transitive To
combine ormingle mercury with; toimpregnate with mercury.
Etymologies
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mercury + -fy
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