Cerate

[siәrit]

Definition

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

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Definition

(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.

Edited by Astor

Definition

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.

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