cerate

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Putting the cerate on before retiring answers very well.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel

Before the hands are washed, rub them thoroughly with a little of the cerate, then wash them as usual.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel

A man's life, the perspiration of an entire existence, is secreted in this layer of mouldy cerate.

From Over Strand and Field by Flaubert, Gustave

Half a pound of white wax, half a pound of calumine stone finely powdered, and a pint and a half of olive oil, will make an excellent cerate.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

Ointment of tar and suet; or poultice for two or three days, and then cerate with lapis calaminaris.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus