Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Quicksilver.
- noun A poor silver ore.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Sp. Amer., Sp. Amer., (Mining), Sp. Amer. Lit.: Quicksilver.
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Examples
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Metallic mercury is sold under the name "azogue" (pronounced ah-SEW-gay) in stores called "botanicas."
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Some people may mix azogue in bath water or perfume, or place azogue in devotional candles.
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Botanicas are common in Hispanic and Haitian communities, where azogue may be sold as an herbal remedy or for spiritual practices.
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If you use metallic mercury or azogue in religious practices, you may expose your children or unborn child to mercury or contaminate your home.
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He told me also that the azogue ships are they that carry quicksilver to Portobello and La Vera Cruz, to refine the silver, and that, in Spanish, azogue signifies quicksilver.
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Vsan y p_a_ ellos se trae son tinajas grandes y boca basta hierro Cobre estaño y otras cosas a su modo y p_a_ los prinçipales alg_o_s pieças de seda y porçelanas finas y esto no delo muy Curioso p_a_ espanoles traxeron alguna loçafina y otras Cosas lo q_l_ Vendieron muy bien porque alos que aqui estamos nos sobra dineros y a los chinos les falta q Vender fueron tan engolosinados q_e_ cierto bolberan de aqui a 6. o 7. meses y traeran Cosas muy Curiosas y e mucha abundançia. traxeron muestra de muchos generos de Cosas q_e_ ay e su trra p_a_ entender el precio en que los podran vender como es azogue, polbora pimienta Canela fina clauo acucar hierro Cobre estaño laton sedas texidos de muchos suertes y en madexas rrexalgar alCanfor loça de diferentes suertes rrica naranjas dulçes y otros mill generos y menud_a_s q_e_ no traen mas los flamencos asi mismo traxeron ymagenes de crusificos y sellos muy Curiosos en que se asentar a nro modo la
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"Maria" of Seville, was a royal azogue and carried 1000 quintals of quicksilver for the King of Spain's mines in Mexico, besides oil, wine and olives. [
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Clarence Henry Haring 1922
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