mercury
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (literally)Synonyms: azoth, hydrargyrum, quicksilvercountableliterallyuncountable
2. (literally)countablehistoricalliterallyuncountable
3. (literally)Examples: "The mercury there has averaged 37.6°C, 2.3°C above the February norm."; "As the mercury climbed in recent days – hovering at about 42C in both Seville and Córdoba – volunteers in both cities started to assemble around swift colonies, gathering up as many of the dehydrated and undernourished chicks they could find."; "Rail temperatures are checked at Manchester Piccadilly on July 18 - the first of two consecutive days in which the mercury rose above 38°C across large parts of England."countableliterallyuncountablewith-definite-article
4. (literally)Examples: "He was so full of mercury that he could not fix long in any friendship, or to any design."countableliterallyobsoleteuncountable
5. Any of several types of plant.UScountableregionaluncountable
name (English)
1. (astronomy) The first planet in the Solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.Examples: "Thou, first of the children of men, art come to Mercury, where thou and I will journey up and down for a season to show thee the lands and oceans, the forests, plains, and ancient mountains, cities and palaces of this world, Mercury, and the doings of them that dwell therein."
2. (Roman mythology) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger, wearing winged sandals; the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes.Roman
noun (English)
1. (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Quicksilver, mercury. (No longer capitalized, as the name of the metal is no longer recognized as that of the planet.)obsolete
2. (archaic) A carrier of tidings.archaic
3. (archaic) A carrier of tidings.Examples: "Enter Mr. Tulkinghorn, followed by Mercuries with lamps and candles."archaic
4. (archaic) A carrier of tidings.Examples: "His Mercury having made his observations, reported, that there was no body in the coach but Mrs. Hornbeck and an elderly woman, who had all the air of a duenna, and that the servant was not the same footman who had attended them in France."archaic
5. (archaic) A carrier of tidings.Examples: "No allusion to it is to be found in the monthly Mercuries."archaic
Definition source: Wiktionary