ceruse

[ seer-oos, si-roos ]

/ ˈsɪər us, sɪˈrus /

noun

a pigment composed of white lead.

Origin of ceruse

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin cērussa

Words nearby ceruse

ceruloplasmin, cerumen, ceruminolytic, ceruminosis, ceruminous gland, ceruse, cerussite, Cervantes, Cervantes, Miguel de, cervelat, cervellière

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Example sentences from the Web for ceruse

But art has taught her to supply furrowed deformities with ceruse boxes, and to repair a decayed complexion with an Italian fucus.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays|Robert Dodsley
Minium sometimes leans to orange; and there is made from ceruse a peculiar red, Mineral Orange.
Field's Chromatography|George Field
You will temper minium and ceruse and carmine with clear of egg.
Illumination and its Development in the Present Day|Sidney Farnsworth
A pot of ceruse, my child, that I took out of a lady's under-pocket.
The Beaux-Stratagem|George Farquhar

Afterward the pulveriz'd Ceruse is to be infus'd, and the Ointment stirr'd about till it be almost cold.
The Compleat Surgeon, or the Whole Art of Surgery Explain'd in a Most Familiar Method|Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

British Dictionary definitions for ceruse

ceruse

/ (səˈruːs) /

noun

another name for white lead (def. 1)

Word Origin for ceruse

C14: from Old French céruse, from Latin cērussa, perhaps ultimately from Greek kēros wax

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单词	ceruse
释义	ceruse [ seer-oos, si-roos ] / ˈsɪər us, sɪˈrus / noun a pigment composed of white lead. Origin of ceruse 1350–1400; Middle English <Latin cērussa Words nearby ceruse ceruloplasmin, cerumen, ceruminolytic, ceruminosis, ceruminous gland, ceruse, cerussite, Cervantes, Cervantes, Miguel de, cervelat, cervellière Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ceruse But art has taught her to supply furrowed deformities with ceruse boxes, and to repair a decayed complexion with an Italian fucus. A Select Collection of Old English Plays\|Robert Dodsley Minium sometimes leans to orange; and there is made from ceruse a peculiar red, Mineral Orange. Field's Chromatography\|George Field You will temper minium and ceruse and carmine with clear of egg. Illumination and its Development in the Present Day\|Sidney Farnsworth A pot of ceruse, my child, that I took out of a lady's under-pocket. The Beaux-Stratagem\|George Farquhar Afterward the pulveriz'd Ceruse is to be infus'd, and the Ointment stirr'd about till it be almost cold. The Compleat Surgeon, or the Whole Art of Surgery Explain'd in a Most Familiar Method\|Charles Gabriel Le Clerc British Dictionary definitions for ceruse ceruse / (səˈruːs) / noun another name for white lead (def. 1) Word Origin for ceruse C14: from Old French céruse, from Latin cērussa, perhaps ultimately from Greek kēros wax Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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