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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of coating with quicksilver or with an amalgam.
- noun A coating with quicksilver or an amalgam, as in a looking-glass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
quicksilver . - noun An
amalgam ofmercury andtin formerly applied to the backs ofmirrors .
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