Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hydrargyrum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hydrargyrum \Hy*drar"gy*rum\, n. [NL., fr. L. hydrargyrus, Gr.
?; ? water + ? silver.] (Chem.)
Quicksilver; mercury.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hydrargyrum
n : a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic
element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary
temperatures [syn: {mercury}, {quicksilver}, {Hg}, {atomic
number 80}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.