Found 2 items, similar to Quicksilvering.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: quicksilver
quicksilver
adj : liable to sudden unpredictable change;
“erratic behavior”;
“fickle weather”;
“mercurial twists of temperament”;
“a
quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment,
utterly fragile the next” [syn:
erratic,
fickle,
mercurial,
quicksilver(a)]
n : a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic
element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary
temperatures [syn:
mercury,
hydrargyrum,
Hg,
atomic number 80
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Quicksilvering
Quicksilvering
\Quick"sil`ver*ing\, n.
The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.
[1913 Webster]