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- Amalgam - n. - An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
- Amalgam - n. - A mixture or compound of different things.
- Amalgam - n. - A native compound of mercury and silver.
- Amalgam - v. t. / i. - To amalgamate.
- Amalgama - n. - Same as Amalgam.
- Amalgamate - v. t. - To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
- Amalgamate - v. t. - To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another.
- Amalgamate - v. i. - To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.
- Amalgamate - v. i. - To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.
- Amalgamate - a. - Alt. of Amalgamated
- Amalgamated - imp. & p. p. - of Amalgamate
- Amalgamated - a. - Coalesced; united; combined.
- Amalgamating - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Amalgamate
- Amalgamation - 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.
- Amalgamation - n. - The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union.
- Amalgamative - a. - Characterized by amalgamation.
- Amalgamator - n. - One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.
- Amalgamize - v. t. - To amalgamate.
- Water gilding - - The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also wash gilding.
- Silver - v. t. - To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury.
- Foliation - n. - The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses.
- Quicksilvered - a. - Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil.
- Amalgam - n. - An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
- Foliated - a. - Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.