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&fist; The name is also applied, in the United States, to certain
climbing plants, some of which are poisonous to the skin, esp. to the
Rhus Toxicodendron, or poison ivy.

Dog's mercury (Bot.), Mercurialis
perennis, a perennial plant differing from M. annua by
having the leaves sessile. -- English mercury
(Bot.), a kind of goosefoot formerly used as a pot herb; -
- called Good King Henry. -- Horn
mercury (Min.), a mineral chloride of mercury,
having a semitranslucent, hornlike appearance.

Mer"cu*ry, v. t. To wash with a
preparation of mercury. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Mer"cy (?), n.; pl.
Mercies (#). [OE. merci, F. merci, L.
merces, mercedis, hire, pay, reward, LL., equiv. to
misericordia pity, mercy. L. merces is prob. akin to
merere to deserve, acquire. See Merit, and cf.
Amerce.] 1. Forbearance to inflict harm
under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict
it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary;
clemency.


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