Cere

sēr, v.t. to cover with wax.— n. the bare waxlike patch at the base of the upper part of the beak in birds.— adj. Cerā′ceo us , of or like wax.— ns. Cerā′go , a wax-like substance (bee-bread) used by bees as food; Cere′cloth , Cere′ment , a cloth dipped in melted wax in which to wrap a dead body: a winding-sheet or grave-clothes generally.— adjs. Cē′reo us , waxy; Cē′ric .— ns. Cē′rin , Cē′rine , the portion of wax which di olves in boiling alcohol: a waxy substance obtained by boiling grated cork in alcohol; Cē′rograph , a writing on wax: an encaustic painting.— adjs. Cerograph′ic , -al .— ns. Cerog′raphist ; Cerog′raphy , the art of writing or engraving on wax.— adj. Ceroplas′tic , modelled or moulded in wax.— n. the art of modelling in wax.— n. Cer′osine , a wax-like substance produced on the surface of certain species of sugar-cane. [L. cera , cog. with Gr. kēros , wax; Gr. graphein , to write, pla ein , to mould.]