( n. )
The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.
( n. )
The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012