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cerin Chem.|ˈsɪərɪn|
[f. L. cēra wax + -in.]
1. ‘A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from grated cork. (Cork contains from 1·8 to 2·5 per cent. of waxy matter.) Watts Dict. Chem.
†2. ‘A name applied by John to the portion of beeswax which is readily soluble in alcohol; according to Brodie{ddd}merely impure cerotic acid’.
1850Daubeny Atom. The. viii. 258 Pure bees-wax is composed of two vegetable principles, the one..most readily dissolved being called cerin, that less so, myricin. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iii. 210 Wax contains three distinct principles—viz. cerine, myricine, and ceroleine. The cerine, or cerotic acid, forms the greatest part. c1865Letheby in Circ. Sc. I. 98/1 About twenty-two per cent. of a peculiar fatty acid (cerotic)..formerly named cerine. |