ceruse

From French céruse, from Latin cērussa.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɪˈɹuːs/

ceruse (uncountable)

1. White lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, formerly used as a white pigment, in cosmetics, and for medical purposes.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):

     , II.ii.1.1:

     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 […].

• Venetian ceruse

• Creuse, Rescue, cereus, cursee, recuse, rescue, secuer, secure

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃeruse]

ceruse

1. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of cere