cera
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cera
From the Latin word cēra
Example Sentences
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Limus ut hic durescit, et hæc ut cera liquescit.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry
In emendationem et sustentationem ecclesie Novi Templi, London, et in vino, cera, et oleo, et ornamentis ejusdem ... x m.
From Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850 by Various
Thus Virgil: Limus ut hic durescit, et hæc ut cera liquescit, Uno eodemque igni; sic nostro Daphnis amore.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Similes etiam attrahendi vires habere videntur vitrum ... sulphur, mastix, & cera dura sigillaris.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
As Menades, cubertas as cabeças Da flor d'hera, tres vezes enrolada, Do uvifero Baccho orgias celebraŏ: A Geraçaŏ bovina das abelhas Seus trabalhos completa; j'a produzem Formoso mel; nos favos repousados Candida cera multiplicaŏ.
From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria
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