Antonyms for cerate


Grammar : Noun
Spell : seer-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪər eɪt


Definition of cerate

  • As in ointment : noun cream for treatment
  • As in salve : noun ointment for relief of pain or illness
  • As in balm : noun oily substance
  • As in unguent : noun salve
  • As in cream : noun lotion, oil
Example sentences :
  • Bill short, stout, cerate; upper mandible with the tip elongated and decurved; lower mandible rounded and thin-edged at the end.
  • Extract from : « A Synopsis of the Birds of North America » by John James Audubon
  • Lint is used for dressing ulcers, either alone or smeared with some suitable ointment or cerate.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • I distributed some Turner's cerate to the women, but left Fraser to superintend its application.
  • Extract from : « Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete » by Charles Sturt
  • 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.
  • Extract from : « Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book » by Eliza Leslie
  • This name has also been given to compound cerate of lead, and even to cerate of acetate of lead.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • Before the hands are washed, rub them thoroughly with a little of the cerate, then wash them as usual.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million » by Sarah Josepha Hale
  • Ointment of tar and suet; or poultice for two or three days, and then cerate with lapis calaminaris.
  • Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
  • M. M. Cover the eruption with cerate made with lapis calaminaris, to be renewed every day.
  • Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin

Synonyms for cerate

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