ceruse (c.1240)

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ceruse (c.1240)

  FEW:  cerussa 2/i,612b Gdf: GdfC:  ceruse 9,22a TL: ceruse 2,136 DEAF:  ceruse  DMF:  céruse 1  TLF:  céruse  OED:  ceruse n.  MED:  ceruse n.  DMLBS:  cerussa 320a
ceruge,  ceruze;  cheruse  

s.

1metalwhite lead
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Pernez mastic e gros encens uelement unce demie [...] de ceruse unces trois  i 60
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii2 )  Ceruse est blanchet  398
( MS: s.xiv2 )  Confisez la poudre de litarge et de ceruse en ewe rose  521
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