ceruse
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ceruse
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cērussa
Example Sentences
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Male members of the court of Louis XIV in France painted on beauty marks, while Elizabethan Englishmen powdered their faces with ceruse, a toxic mixture of vinegar and white lead.
From New York Times
This mixture of lead and vinegar that Elizabeth used was known as Venetian ceruse, or the spirits of Saturn.
From National Geographic
The water used in this preparation contains a portion of the calx suspended by the alkali, and being precipitated by an acid, is called ceruse of antimony.
From Project Gutenberg
A pot of ceruse, my child, that I took out of a lady's under petticoat pocket.
From Project Gutenberg
But art has taught her to supply furrowed deformities with ceruse boxes, and to repair a decayed complexion with an Italian fucus.
From Project Gutenberg
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