cere (ser)

[F. cire Pr. Sp. Pg. It. cera, wax, A sort of false cere occurs in some water-birds, as the jaegers or skua-gulls. The tumid nasal skin of pigeons is sometimes called a cere; but the term had better be restricted to the birds first above named. Coues, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 102. Also cera and ceroma . cere (sēr), v. t.; pret. and pp. cered, ppr. cering. [Early mod. E. also cear, sear; = F. cirer (Sp. Pg. en - cerar = It. in - cerare ), Then was the bod ye bowelled [i. e ., disemboweled], embawmed and cered. Hall , Hen. VIII., an. 5. Let the silent years Be closed and cered over their memory, As yon mute marble where their corpses lie. Shelley, Julian and Maddalo. cereal (se're-al), a. and n. [= F. céréale = Sp. Pg. cereal = It. cereale, cereal, II. n. A gramineous plant cultivated for the use of its farinaceous seeds as food; any one of the annual grain-plants, as wheat, rye, barley, oats, rice, millet, or maize.