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单词 quick-water
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quick-water
quick-water n. [compare German Quickwasser (a1727 or earlier); compare also quicksilver water n. at quicksilver n. Compounds 2] Obsolete a dilute solution of mercury nitrate, formerly used in water-gilding to facilitate the application of liquid gold amalgam to the object that is to be gilded; cf. quick v.3
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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.
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