Helen Fenton

Ceruse: Definition and part of speech

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Ceruse

  1. n. The native carbonate of lead.
  2. n. White lead, used as a pigment. See White lead, under White.
  3. n. A cosmetic containing white lead.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cerography: Definition and part of speech

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Cerography

  1. n. A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
  2. n. The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cerolite: Definition and part of speech

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Cerolite

  1. n. A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ceroma: Definition and part of speech

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Ceroma

  1. n. The cere of birds.
  2. n. The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans.
  3. n. That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ceroon: Definition and part of speech

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Ceroon

  1. n. A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ceroplastic: Definition and part of speech

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Ceroplastic

  1. a. Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure.
  2. a. Relating to the art of modeling in wax.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.