† cerote Obs.
Also cerot.
[ad. L. cērōtum, a. Gr. κηρωτόν waxed, f. κηρο- to wax.]
= cerate.
| 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 30 b, The roote..is good for brused places and wyth a cerote or treat made of waxe. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples 64 b, Sondrie oyntementes and Cerots. 1602 Holland Pliny ‘Wds. of Art’, Cerote is of a middle nature between an ointment and a plastre, not so hard as the one nor so soft as the other. 1669 W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 364 Added to cerots and plaisters. |