cerate

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Ointment of tar and suet; or poultice for two or three days, and then cerate with lapis calaminaris.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

After its removal, the part may be exposed, or, if very painful, smeared over with fresh cream or common cerate.

From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Bull, Thomas

A man's life, the perspiration of an entire existence, is secreted in this layer of mouldy cerate.

From Over Strand and Field by Flaubert, Gustave

Their smart upon the mind is like cantharides on the skin but often requires something more than a cabbage leaf and cerate to heal it.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll

The after treatment was some dressing like simple cerate.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson