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plural ceruses
- uncountableusuallySynonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine.
Galen hath taken exceptions at such waters which run through leaden pipes, ob cerussam quæ in iis generatur, for that unctuous ceruse, which causeth dysenteries and fluxes[…].
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 1, subsection 1Synonyms: white lead
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nounSynonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine.
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ceruse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceruse
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