cerate Med.
(ˈsɪərət)
Also 7 cerat.
[ad. L. cērātum cerate, neut. pa. pple. of cērāre to cover with wax, which seems to have in use varied with cērōtum, a. Gr. κηρωτόν cerate, neut. of κηρωτός waxed, covered with wax, f. κηρούν to cover with wax. Cf. F. cérat (in Cotgr.), in 16th c. cérot.]
A kind of stiff ointment composed of wax together with lard or oil and other ingredients.
| 1543 Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. viii. 199 The description of Oyntments, Cerates, Playsters, etc. 1658 Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 916 It [wax] is also the ground of all Cerats and Plaisters. 1810 Henry Elem. Chem. (1840) II. 294 Fixed oils unite with wax, and form..cerates. |