† cerussaladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of or pertaining to ceruse.
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cerussal1651
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1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 120 The distill'd waters in the leaden stills..partake of a saturnine cerussal quality.
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