Quicksilver

n.

1.

(Chem.) The metal mercury; - so called from its resemblance to liquid silver. Quicksilver horizon a mercurial artificial horizon. See under Horizon. Quicksilver water a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering; quick water.

Noun	1.	quicksilver - a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures Synonyms: atomic number 80, Hg, hydrargyrum, mercury
Adj.	1.	quicksilver - liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" Synonyms: mercurial, erratic, fickle

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