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To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterward condensed.

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  1. v. t. To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterward condensed.
  2. v. t. To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury; to mercurialize.
  3. 1. To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterward condensed. [R.] 2. To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury; to mercurialize. [R.]
  4. v. t. To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterward condensed. v. t. To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury; to mercurialize.