ceruse
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See also: céruse
English
Etymology
From French céruse, from Latin cērusa, variant of cērussa, q.v.
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ceruse (uncountable)
- Synonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, 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 […].
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