Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hard, unctuous, fat- or wax-based solid, sometimes medicated, formerly applied to the skin directly or on dressings.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ornithology, cered; having a cere.
- noun A thick ointment composed of wax, lard, or oil, with other ingredients, applied externally for various medical purposes.
- noun Chlorid of silver; horn-silver. See
cerargyrite . Alsokerate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine, archaic An
unctuous preparation forexternal application — mainlywax (orresin orspermaceti ) mixed withoil ,lard , and variousmedicinal ingredients — of a consistency betweenointment andplaster , so that it can be spread uponcloth without the use ofheat , but does notmelt when applied to theskin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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-- Simple cerate, which is spread on lint as a soothing plaister for sores, consists of equal parts of oil and wax; but lard may be used as a substitute for the wax.
The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton 1866
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It made more sense to her to cerate open source hardware than open source software.
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What these 2012 activists do is this: The find 2 none-related things and then cerate a story to hook them up.
Surviving 2012: Ian O'Neill on Discovery Channel Sunday Night | Universe Today 2009
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Western governments should be careful not to cerate and perpetuate an insidious myth that Africa has no alternative to dictatorship.
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But they argue that Obama will cerate more big government, not them.
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Mostly people don't do this, but Carmine uses the technology to cerate copies to run errands and perform tasks.
REVIEW: Best Short Novels: 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan 2006
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Both the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee will convene hearings next week to help cerate a change of strategy.
Sen. Charles E. Schumer: Back to Work on the Issues that Matter 2008
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Mostly people don't do this, but Carmine uses the technology to cerate copies to run errands and perform tasks.
REVIEW: Best Short Novels: 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan 2006
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If you suspect anything of the kind you must loose the dressing, if there be any itching below the under-bandages, or in any other part that is bandaged, and used a pitched cerate instead of the other.
On Fractures 2007
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The swellings which arise in the ham, at the foot, or in any other part from the pressure, should be well wrapped in unscoured and carded wool, washed with wine and oil, and anointed with cerate, before bandaging; and if the splints give pain they should be slackened.
On Fractures 2007
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