Cerecloth
51pall — I n 1. shroud, winding sheet, graveclothes, cerements, cerecloth, covering, concealment. 2. coffin, casket, sarcophagus. 3. damper, damp, check; disheartener, wet blanket, cold water. 4. somberness, seriousness, gravity; gloom, heaviness,… …
52shroud — n 1. winding sheet, sheet, wrap, wrapper, cerecloth, cloth, cerements, graveclothes. 2. cover, covering, pall, cloak, mantle, blanket, cloud; veil, screen, shield, mask, hood. v 3.(all for burial) enshroud, wrap, enwrap, sheet, cover, clothe. 4.… …
53cere — I [[t]sɪər[/t]] n. orn a fleshy covering at the top of the beak of certain birds, as raptors or parrots, through which the nostrils open • Etymology: 1480–90; sere, sp. var. of *cere < ML cēra lit., wax < L cered, adj. II cere [[t]sɪər[/t]] …
54cerement — cere•ment [[t]ˈsɪər mənt, ˈsɛr ə [/t]] n. Usu. cerements. cerecloth • Etymology: 1602 …
55cere — I. /sɪə/ (say sear) noun a membrane of waxy appearance at the base of the upper mandible of certain birds, especially birds of prey and parrots, in which the nostrils open. {late Middle English sere, from Medieval Latin, Latin cēra wax} II. /sɪə/ …
56cerement — /ˈsɪəmənt/ (say searmuhnt) noun (usually plural) 1. → cerecloth. 2. any graveclothes. {cere2 + ment. Compare French cirement} …
57cere — [sir] n. [Fr cire < L cera, wax < Gr kēros] a waxy, often brightly colored, fleshy area at the base of the beak of some birds, as the parrot, eagle, hawk, etc.: it contains the nostrils vt. cered, cering to wrap in or as in a cerecloth …
58cerement — [ser′ə mənt, sir′mənt] n. [Fr cirement: see CERE] [usually pl.] a cerecloth; shroud …
59cere|ment — «SIHR muhnt, SEHR uh », noun. 1. Often, cerements. a cloth or garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial: »Look at her garments Clinging like cerements (Thomas Hood). 2. waxed cloth; cerecloth. ╂[< French cirement < Latin cērāre;… …
60sheer cloath — erron. form of cerecloth. in Macgill Old Ross sh. (1909) 152 …
