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incerare

incerare [CL] 1 to smear or coat with wax; (pannus ~atus or sim.) cerecloth. panno ~ato corpus tunicatum et incucullatum obvolventes J. Furness Walth. 91; 1237 in panno ~ato et lintheaminibus veteribus ad involvendum predicta ornamenta Pipe 81 r. 15; 1238 panno ~ato Cal. Liberate I 322; 1349 in canabo ~ato (v. 1 cerare a). 2 (alch.) to cause to become waxy. Cf. 1 cerare b. sulphur ‥ congelat argentum vivum et illius sublimatione ~atur caloris actione donec vix in millibus annorum successive et operatione naturae in perfectum metallum congeletur Correct. Alch. 7; Bacon NM 551 (v. inceratio); cum hoc oleo ‥ possumus ~are substancias ceterorum corporum elevatorum quousque figantur et fluant Ripley 147; tunc teratur bene super lapidem marmoreum ‥ et ~etur cum oleo dicto solari Ib. 155.

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