Defn: To affect with mercury.
2. (Photography)
Defn: To treat with mercury; to expose to the vapor of mercury.
MERCURIALIZE
Mer*cu"ri*al*ize, v. i.
Defn: To be sprightly, fantastic, or capricious. [Obs.]
MERCURIALLY
Mer*cu"ri*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a mercurial manner.
MERCURIC
Mer*cu"ric, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; — said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in its lowest proportion. Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate. See Corrosive.
MERCURIFICATION
Mer*cu`ri*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. mercurification. See
Mercurify.]