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What is a cerate?

What is a cerate? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (inorganic chemistry) The anion CeO32- of cerium.
  2. (medicine) 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.
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This dangerous fraud may be detected in the manner noticed under Cerate, savine.
For corns between the toes, add to the cerate a little soft, open white wool, such as you may pick off the surface of a blanket.
We will apply to your loins the great defensive composed of cerate, Armenian bole, white of egg, oil, and vinegar.
I distributed some Turner's cerate to the women, but left Fraser to superintend its application.
It should not have done, it will cerate a lot of problem in the valley.
The calendula Cerate is one of the best of dressings for any abraded surface.

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