Usually means: Applying mercury to mirror glass.
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  1. quicksilvering: Merriam-Webster
  2. quicksilvering: Wordnik
  3. quicksilvering: Wiktionary
  4. Quicksilvering: Dictionary.com
  5. Quicksilvering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. quicksilvering: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Quicksilvering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. quicksilvering: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Quicksilvering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors.

Similar:
mercurial, fickle, changeful, changeable, erratic, HG, mercury, atomic number 80, mock silver, silvering, more...

Opposite:
tarnishing, oxidizing, dulling

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Similar:
mercurial, fickle, changeful, changeable, erratic, HG, mercury, atomic number 80, mock silver, silvering, more...

Opposite:
tarnishing, oxidizing, dulling



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