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Definitions for quicksilvered
quick·sil·vered
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Quicksilveredadjective
Overlaid with quicksilver.
Etymology: from quicksilver.
Metal is more difficult to polish than glass, and is afterwards very apt to be spoiled by tarnishing, and reflects not so much light as glass quicksilvered over does: I would propound to use instead of the metal a glass ground concave on the foreside, and as much convex on the backside, and quicksilvered over on the convex side. Isaac Newton, Opticks.
Webster Dictionary
Quicksilveredadjective
overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of quicksilvered in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of quicksilvered in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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