To overlay with quicksilver.
To treat with quicksilver.
The metal mercury.
An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.
Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.
To vacillate; to move up and down.
A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist.
A cloth rosette formed by gathering the outside edge of a circle of fabric in toward the centre using a running stitch.
Someone who vacillates.
A dogfighting maneuver involving the attacker temporarily exchanging altitude for airspeed, or vice versa, in order to rapidly catch up with the defender or to prevent an overshoot.
A volatile market that moves up and down.
A foolish, annoying or incompetent person.