MERCURIFY

v.t.To obtain mercury from metallic minerals, which it is said may be done by a large lens, the intense heat of which expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterwards condensed.

MERCURIFY

Mer *cu "ri *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mercurified; p. pr. & vb. n.Mercurifying.] Etym: [Mercury + -fy. ]