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Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is present in its highest proportion. Mercurous chloride. (Chem.) See Calomel.

hermometers, ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his symbol, mercury.

To dissent or refuse to concur.

Refusal to concur.

Not recurring.

Nonrecurrent.

One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom. Coleridge.

The system or the principles of the obscurants. C. Kingsley.

Same as Obscurant. Ed. Rev.

The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse. Sir J. Herschel.

destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim. His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. Prov. xx. 20.

In an obscure manner. Milton.

The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration. Pomfret.

Obscurity. Bp. Hall.

One who, or that which, obscures.

The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty. Yuo are not for obscurity designed. Dryden. They were now brought forth from obscurity, to be contemplated by artists with admiration and despair. Macaulay.

To meet; to clash. [Obs.] The resistance of the bodies they occur with. Bentley.

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision. Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence and expectation of something new. I. Watts.

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

Same as Occursion. [Obs.] Bentley.