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]