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▪ I. ˈquicking, vbl. n.1 rare.
[f. quick v.1 + -ing1.]
= quickening vbl. n.
c1400Apol. Loll. 54 Þe principale and þe finale wark of Crist..is þe quiking of soulis. a1666Brome On Death K. Charles 18 He did fall, Whose influence gave quicking to us all. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 719 Sometimes the amalgam is applied to the surface to be gilt, without any quicking, by spreading it with aqua-fortis.
▪ II. ˈquicking, vbl. n.2
[f. quick v.2 + -ing1.]
1. rare.
a. The action of planting with ‘quick’.
b. concr. The quicksets for a hedge.
1469–70Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 244 Et sol .ijs. pro le qwyking sepium unius clausuræ. 1485–6Ibid. 649 Pro le qwhykkyng circa clausur... vijs. 1664Evelyn Sylva (1776) 402, I find most do greatly affect the vulgar way of Quicking.
2. Coating with mercury by immersion; also concr.
1863Brit. Patent 1512 1 This Invention consists in preserving the silvering or quicking applied on glass and objects made of silvered or quicked glass. 1873E. Spon Workshop Receipts (Ser. 1) 307/2 When a sufficient quantity of mercury is dissolved, the articles to be gilt are put into the solution, and stirred about with a brush till they become white. This is called quicking. 1923W. R. Cooper W. G. McMillan's Treat. Electrometallurgy (ed. 4) vi. 116 Quicking is..often resorted to in order to increase the adhesiveness of deposited metals on objects which would have no action on the bath; for the mercury..retains a bright surface when exposed to the air for a period which would suffice to provide a film of oxide upon an unquicked surface. Ibid. 117 The quicking-solutions more commonly used are: the per-nitrate or proto-nitrate of mercury..or the cyanide of mercury. 1930Field & Weill Electro-Plating 104 A thin, bright film of mercury is applied by simple immersion in a suitable solution. This process is called quicking. 1952H. Silman Chem. & Electro-Plated Finishes (ed. 2) 478/2 (Index), ‘Quicking’ solutions. |