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What is ceruse?

What is ceruse? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. White lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, formerly used as a white pigment, in cosmetics, and for medical purposes.
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Proceed thus till you have dissolved one half, or two thirds, of the ceruse.
They are available here in black, ceruse or white stained solid oak.
Even as Gascoigne wrote, his monarch, Elizabeth I, was poisoning her complexion with ceruse, a lead-based skin whitener used in ancient Rome and revived in the Renaissance.
Antic Ochre with a white ceruse on the edge of the sculpture and colour variation between the background and the Egyptian.
Evaporate to a pellicle the liquors you poured off from the ceruse, and set them in a cool place.
You will temper minium and ceruse and carmine with clear of egg.

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