Cere

[siә]

Definition

(noun.) the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds.

(verb.) wrap up in a cerecloth; 'cere a corpse'.

Editor: Miriam--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.

(v. t.) To wax; to cover or close with wax.

Edited by Annabel

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Wax, smear with wax.

Typed by Cedric

Definition

v.t. to cover with wax.—n. the bare waxlike patch at the base of the upper part of the beak in birds.—adj. Cerā′ceous of or like wax.—ns. Cerā′go a wax-like substance (bee-bread) used by bees as food; Cere′cloth Cere′ment a cloth dipped in melted wax in which to wrap a dead body: a winding-sheet or grave-clothes generally.—adjs. Cē′reous waxy; Cē′ric.—ns. Cē′rin Cē′rine the portion of wax which dissolves in boiling alcohol: a waxy substance obtained by boiling grated cork in alcohol; Cē′rograph a writing on wax: an encaustic painting.—adjs. Cerograph′ic -al.—ns. Cerog′raphist; Cerog′raphy the art of writing or engraving on wax.—adj. Ceroplas′tic modelled or moulded in wax.—n. the art of modelling in wax.—n. Cer′osine a wax-like substance produced on the surface of certain species of sugar-cane.

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