Cerate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A hard, unctuous, fat- or wax-based solid, sometimes medicated, formerly applied to the skin directly or on dressings.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In ornithology, cered; having a cere.
  • n. A thick ointment composed of wax, lard, or oil, with other ingredients, applied externally for various medical purposes.
  • n. Chlorid of silver; horn-silver. See cerargyrite. Also kerate.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ointment    unction    salve    balm    unguent   
    Hyponym
    camphor ice   
     
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