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cere

We found 8 definitions of cere from 5 different sources.

What does cere mean?

Noun Plural: ceres
cere - the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds
Verb ceres, cering, cered
cere - wrap up in a cerecloth; "cere a corpse"
		wrap, wrap up arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present"

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cere (Noun)
A waxy protuberance at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.
cere (Verb)
To wax; to cover or close with wax.

cere (n.)
The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.
cere (v. t.)
To wax; to cover or close with wax.

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′ceous, 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′reous, waxy; Cē′ric.—ns. Cē′rin, Cē′rine, the portion of wax which dissolves 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, plassein, to mould.]

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