ceraten.

/ˈsɪərət/

Forms: Also 1600s cerat.

Etymology: < Latin cērātum cerate, neuter past participle of cērāre to cover with wax, which seems to have in use varied with cērōtum, < Greek κηρωτόν cerate, neuter of κηρωτός waxed, covered with wax, < κηρούν to cover with wax. Compare French cérat (in Cotgrave), in 16th cent. cérot.

Medicine.

A kind of stiff ointment composed of wax together with lard or oil and other ingredients.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > ointments, etc. > [noun] > cerate

cerate1543

cerote1562

1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. viii. f. 199/1 The description of Oyntmentes, Cerotes, Playsters, [etc.].

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 916 It [wax] is also the ground of all Cerats and Plaisters.

1823 W. Henry Elements Exper. Chem. (ed. 9) II. x. 274 Fixed oils unite with wax, and form..cerates.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	cerate
释义	ceraten. /ˈsɪərət/ Forms: Also 1600s cerat. Etymology: < Latin cērātum cerate, neuter past participle of cērāre to cover with wax, which seems to have in use varied with cērōtum, < Greek κηρωτόν cerate, neuter of κηρωτός waxed, covered with wax, < κηρούν to cover with wax. Compare French cérat (in Cotgrave), in 16th cent. cérot. Medicine. A kind of stiff ointment composed of wax together with lard or oil and other ingredients. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > ointments, etc. > [noun] > cerate cerate1543 cerote1562 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. viii. f. 199/1 The description of Oyntmentes, Cerotes, Playsters, [etc.]. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 916 It [wax] is also the ground of all Cerats and Plaisters. 1823 W. Henry Elements Exper. Chem. (ed. 9) II. x. 274 Fixed oils unite with wax, and form..cerates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1543
随便看	wingstay wingstiff wingstopper wingsuit wingsuits wingtag wingthrush wingtip wingtipped wingtips wingtransom wingwader wingwale wingwalking wingwall wingwarping wingweary wingwide wingwise wingy wingy-footed wingy-heeled wingyfooted wingyheeled winier