Part 1754

<h1>Ceramic</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Ce*ram"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ earthenware. Cf. <er>Keramic</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; <as>as, <ex>ceramic</ex> products; <ex>ceramic</ex> ornaments for ceilings.</as></def>

<h1>Ceramics</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Ce*ram"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ceramic</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The art of making things of baked clay; as pottery, tiles, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Work formed of clay in whole or in part, and baked; <as>as, vases, urns, etc.</as></def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Cerargyrite</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Ce*rar"gy*rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ horn + <?/ silver.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called <i>horn silver</i>).</def>

<h1>Cerasin</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cer"a*sin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; -- called also <altname>meta-arabinic acid</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also <altname>bassorin</altname>, <altname>tragacanthin</altname>, etc.</def>

<h1>Cerasinous</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Ce*ras"i*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, cerasin.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of a cherry color.</def>

<h1>Cerastes</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Ce*ras"tes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a horned serpent, fr. Gr. <?/ horned, fr. <?/ horn.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.</def>

<h1>Cerate</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Ce"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ceratum</ets>, ceratm, fr. <ets>cera</ets> wax.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Cerate</i> consists essentially of wax (for which resin or spermaceti is sometimes substituted) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients. The cerate (formerly called <i>simple cerate</i>) of the United States Pharmacopoeia is a mixture of three parts of white wax and seven parts of lard.</note>

<h1>Cerated</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Ce"ra*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ceratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>cerare</ets> to wax, fr. <ets>cera</ets> wax.]</ety> <def>Covered with wax.</def>

<h1>Ceratine</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cer"a*tine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the fallacy called "the horns." fr. <?/ a horn.]</ety> <fld>(Lagic.)</fld> <def>Sophistical.</def>

<h1>Ceratobranchia</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cer`a*to*bran"chi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, horn + <?/, <ets>n. pl.</ets>, gills.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills.</def>

<h1>Ceratobranchial</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cer`a*to*bran"chi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial in a branchial arch.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage.</def></def2>

<h1>Ceratodus</h1> <Xpage=233>