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Webster 1913 Edition
Ceruse
Ce′ruse
,Noun.
[F.
céruse
, L. cerussa
.] 1.
White lead, used as a pigment. See
White lead
, under White
. 2.
A cosmetic containing white lead.
To distinguish
ceruse
from natural bloom. Macaulay.
3.
(Min.)
The native carbonate of lead.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ceruse
CERUSE
,Noun.
Ceruse of antimony is a white oxyd of antimony, which separates from the water in which diaphoretic antimony has been washed.
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ceruse
ceruse
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English
Noun
ceruse (uncountable)
- White lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, formerly used as a white pigment, in cosmetics, and for medical purposes.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.1.1:
- Galen hath taken exceptions at such waters which run through leaden pipes, ob cerussam quæ in iis generatur, for that unctuous ceruse, which causeth dysenteries and fluxes […].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.1.1:
Translations
white lead used as pigment or in medicine
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃeruse]
Verb
ceruse
- third-person singular pluperfect form of cere.