Cerate

[siәrit]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin.

海尔格校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.

阿斯特編輯

解釋/意思:

n. a compound of wax with other oily or medicinal substances in such proportions as to form a stiff ointment.—adj. Cē′rated.—n. Cero′mancy divination from figures produced by melted wax when dropped into water.

哈利整理