单词 | quick-water |
释义 | > as lemmasquick-water ΚΠ 1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory i. 16 You will have a good Quick-Water for gilding. 1860 C. Tomlinson Useful Arts & Manuf. 2nd Ser. 37 In gilding, the buttons are first pickled in dilute nitric acid, and then thrown into a pan containing a solution of nitrate of mercury, called quick-water. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1848/2 Quick-water, a dilute solution of nitrate of mercury (10) and gold (1), used in the process of water-gilding. < as lemmas |
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