cerate

Example Sentences

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Make it warm, get ready cloths, cerate, greasy wool and bandages for his ankle.

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes

This must be removed by applying a little powdered alum,—or, if this fail, it should be once or twice slightly touched with blue-stone, and afterwards dressed with calamine cerate.

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

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

When ulcers form they should be poulticed with bread and water for a day or two, and then dressed with calamine cerate.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

Rub them together thoroughly, or melt the cerate and stir in the tincture while hot, and the oil as soon as it is nearly cold, then run into molds or rolls.

From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Triemens, Joseph