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Mercury
Mercury
n.
A
Latin
god
of
commerce
and
gain
;
treated
by
the
poets
as
identical
with
the
Greek
Hermes
,
messenger
of
the
gods
,
conductor
of
souls
to
the
lower
world
,
and
god
of
eloquence
.
Mercury
n.
A
metallic
element
mostly
obtained
by
reduction
from
cinnabar
,
one
of
its
ores
. It is a
heavy
,
opaque
,
glistening
liquid
(
commonly
called
quicksilver
),
and
is
used
in
barometers
,
thermometers
,
ect
.
Specific
gravity
13.6.
Symbol
Hg (
Hydrargyrum
).
Atomic
weight
199
.8.
Mercury
has
a
molecule
which
consists
of
only
one
atom
. It
was
named
by
the
alchemists
after
the
god
Mercury
,
and
designated
by
his
symbol
, /.
Mercury
n.
One
of
the
planets
of
the
solar
system
,
being
the
one
nearest
the
sun
,
from
which
its
mean
distance
is
about
36,
000
,
000
miles
.
Its
period
is 88
days
,
and
its
diameter
3,
000
miles
.
Mercury
n.
A
carrier
of
tidings
; a
newsboy
; a
messenger
;
hence
,
also
, a
newspaper
.
Mercury
n.
Sprightly
or
mercurial
quality
;
spirit
;
mutability
;
fickleness
.
Mercury
n.
A
plant
(
Mercurialis
annua
), of
the
Spurge
family
,
the
leaves
of
which
are
sometimes
used
for
spinach
, in
Europe
.
Mercury
v. t.
To
wash
with
a
preparation
of
mercury
.
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