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Meaning of MERCURIFY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.]
2. To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with
   mercury; to mercurialize. [R.]
 
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