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<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A preparation containing mercury.</def>

<h1>Mercurialist</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer*cu"ri*al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One under the influence of Mercury; one resembling Mercury in character.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A physician who uses much mercury, in any of its forms, in his practice.</def>

<h1>Mercurialize</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer*cu"ri*al*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mercurialized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mercurializing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To affect with mercury.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Photography)</fld> <def>To treat with mercury; to expose to the vapor of mercury.</def>

<h1>Mercurialize</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer*cu"ri*al*ize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be sprightly, fantastic, or capricious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Mercurially</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer*cu"ri*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a mercurial manner.</def>

<h1>Mercuric</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer*cu"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in its lowest proportion.</def>

<cs><col>Mercuric chloride</col>, <cd>corrosive sublimate. See <er>Corrosive</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mercurification</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer*cu`ri*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mercurification</ets>. See <er>Mercurify</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>The process or operation of obtaining the mercury, in its fluid form, from mercuric minerals.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The act or process of compounding, or the state of being compounded, with mercury.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Mercurify</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer*cu"ri*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mercurified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mercurifying</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>Mercury</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury; to mercurialize.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Mercurism</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"cu*rism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A communication of news; an announcement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Mercurous</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer*cu"rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is present in its highest proportion.</def>

<cs><col>Mercurous chloride</col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Calomel</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mercury</h1> <Xpage=913>