cerate
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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
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
Putting the cerate on before retiring answers very well.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
He extracted this, and, until cicatrization was complete, he dressed the stump with saturnine cerate.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Simple cerate, wax, spermaceti, or suet; or in some instances, a pulverulent substance, such as starch, boric acid, and zinc oxide.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
