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Word entry · 6 letters

ceruse

Best crossword clue

"White lead"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /sɪˈɹuːs/Part of speech nounSorted ceersuStarts with CEnds with E1 clues
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Definitions

  1. a poisonous white pigment that contains lead

Word origin

From French céruse, from Latin cērusa, variant of cērussa, q.v.

Used in a sentence

  • 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 […].

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