Obs. Also cerot. [ad. L. cērōtum, a. Gr. κηρωτόν waxed, f. κηρο- to wax.] = CERATE.
1562. Turner, Herbal, II. 30 b. The roote … is good for brused places and wyth a cerote or treat made of waxe.
1562. Bulleyn, Bk. Simples, 64 b. Sondrie oyntementes and Cerots.
1601. Holland, Pliny, ‘Wds. of Art,’ Cerote is of a middle nature between an ointment and a plastre, not so hard as the one nor so soft as the other.
1669. W. Simpson, Hydrol. Chym., 364. Added to Cerots and Plaisters.
