Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A white waxy substance consisting of a mixture of paraffins prepared from the mineral ozocerite, and used as an adulterant of and substitute for beeswax.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A refined form of
ozocerite that is used inpolishes and to makecandles
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a white wax extracted from ozokerite
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Examples
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He placed one of his thin, delicate fingers upon the ceresin cylinder, running the tip along the pits and grooves like a blind man reading braille.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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He placed one of his thin, delicate fingers upon the ceresin cylinder, running the tip along the pits and grooves like a blind man reading braille.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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He placed one of his thin, delicate fingers upon the ceresin cylinder, running the tip along the pits and grooves like a blind man reading braille.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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Austria, and contains between thirty and forty per cent. of white ceresin (which resembles bleached beeswax), about thirty per cent. of yellow ceresin (which resembles yellow wax), and twenty per cent. of black petroleum; the residue is dirt.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 Various
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Did not like the lodge where we ate at Debouhe - it was way to smoky - small room - where the fire is fuelled by Yak dung and wood and ceresin - the smell was awful - and the result was a congested nose - straight after dinner headed for the luxury of the tent.
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Ingredients: One thing that I really like about Albolene better than any other makeup remover or moisturizer is that it only has five ingredients which include: mineral oil, petrolatum, paraffin, ceresin, and beta carotene.
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