cere
1 Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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Archaic. to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, especially a corpse.
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Obsolete. to wax.
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Etymology
Origin of cere1
1480–90; earlier sere, spelling variant of *cere < Medieval Latin cēra literally, wax < Latin
Origin of cere2
1375–1425; late Middle English ceren < Latin cērāre to wax, verbal derivative of cēra wax
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Cooper’s cere date also fell on a Friday the 13th as well, but the actor wrote the date as the 14th in hopes of avoiding anything suspicious.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2017
The cere, if you don't know, is a pale, soft mass of tissue at the base of the bill.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 29, 2015
Note that the green-necked bird has a larger, more bulbous cere than the red-necked one.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 29, 2015
"The tone of the opening cere monies is going to be majesty, in spiration and emotion," Producer Wolper had said.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eyes black, set in a somewhat triangular facial disc; bill more or less concealed by feathers; nostril opening at the edge of a fleshy cere; inner edge of middle toe-nail serrate; no 'ears'; tarsus feathered.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.
This provides another indication that the green-necked bird is a male - males tend to have larger ceres than females.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 29, 2015
It's not unique to pigeons: parrots, falcons, skuas, owls, some galliforms and others have ceres too.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 29, 2015
Their general plumage is slate colour, but they have a red ceres or skin on the head.
From Expedition into Central Australia by Sturt, Charles
Toucans, colours and nidification of the; beaks and ceres of the.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
Here we observe the ancient letter z standing for s and that for r, also the word cerus masc. of ceres, connected with the root creare.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
There was gray in the black of his body and legs, and each of the eyes on his ugly, pin- cered head was milky white.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
And then she was wrapped in cered cloth of Raines, from the top to the toe, in thirtyfold, and after she was put in a web of lead, and then in a coffin of marble.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
And then she was wrapped in cered cloth of Raines, from the top to the toe in thirty-fold, and after she was put in a web of lead, and then in a coffin of marble.
From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)
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