Mercury

Nuttall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language · 1890 · p. 118

metallic mer'-ku-re, minerals; to s. the mercurialize. swift ready me enger of the gods, and god of merchandise and trade [Myth. ]; quicksilver; a preparation of quicksilver; the planet of the solar system nearest the sun; a me enger; a newspaper (L. merx, merchandise).