Mercurifying

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mercurify \Mer*cu"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mercurified}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Mercurifying}.] [Mercury + -fy.]
     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.]
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     2. To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with
        mercury; to mercurialize. [R.]
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