quicksilver

The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1910 · p. 3

[Eng. quick, a., and silver.] [MERCURY.] Quicksilver-antimonite= Ammiolite: Quicksil ver-chloride= Calomel ; Quicksilver-iodide=Coccin ite ; Quicksilver-sulphide (sulphuret) = Cinnabar and Metacinnabarite; and Quicksilver-selenide Tiemannite .