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† merˈcurify, v. Obs. [f. Mercury + -fy.] 1. trans. a. Alch. To change (a portion of a metallic mass) into the form of mercury. b. To extract liquid mercury from (metallic ore).
1680Boyle Produc. Chem. Princ. iv. 188 A part only of the metall is Mercurified. 1797[see below]. 2. To combine, treat or mingle with mercury; to mercurialize (Worcester 1846). Hence † merˈcurified ppl. a.
1680Boyle Produc. Chem. Princ. iv. 186 The Mercurifi'd portion. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XI. 401/2 But these mercurified metals..are a kind of philosophical mercury. |