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English Dictionary: Ceruse by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ceruse
n
  1. a poisonous white pigment that contains lead [syn: {white lead}, ceruse, lead carbonate]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ceruse \Ce"ruse\, n. [F. c[82]ruse, L. cerussa.]
      1. White lead, used as a pigment. See {White lead}, under
            {White}.
  
      2. A cosmetic containing white lead.
  
                     To distinguish ceruse from natural bloom.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      3. (Min.) The native carbonate of lead.
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