单词 | cerecloth |
释义 | cereclothn. Cloth smeared or impregnated with wax or some glutinous matter: 1. used for wrapping a dead body in; a waxed winding-sheet or a winding-sheet in general. ΘΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > cering > cerecloth cered clothc1386 cereclothc1450 cerement1604 c1450 Brut ii. 430 Thanne was his body embawmyd..and closid in shire clothe. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 154 Her epistle whiche she whrapped in a cered cloth. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Gijv Inuoluinge with cereclothe, and pounderinge with spyces the bodye. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vii. 51 It were too grosse to ribb her serecloth in the obscure graue. View more context for this quotation 1678 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer (ed. 2) ii. i Thou Bag of Mummy, that wou'dst fall asunder, if 'twere not for thy Cere-cloaths. 1711 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 152. 1868 A. P. Stanley Hist. Mem. Westm. Abbey iii. 142 The wax of the king's cerecloth renewed. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > gauze or oiled silk, etc. cering-cloth1480 cered cloth1541 cerecloth1547 protective1827 oxycellulose1882 cyanide gauze1895 tulle gras1933 fibrin film1944 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. xxviv For aches & payne in the armes vse seare clothes. 1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie x. sig. M7v A cere-cloath to refresh the wearied sinewes & tired muscles. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 51 A Searcloth that souples all bruises. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 14 July (1974) VIII. 340 I..did sprain my right foot..To bed and there had a cere-cloth laid to my foot. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iii. i. 85 This mishap of ours were such a one as might be cured with a couple of snips of cerecloth. 1818 Art of preserving Feet 148 Fix the cere-cloth close to the surrounding skin. 3. for various other uses, esp. as a waterproof or protective material. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [noun] > made waterproof > with wax cered clothc1386 cerecloth1540 wax-cloth1816 1540 T. Wyatt Let. xx, in K. Muir Life & Lett. (1963) 117 Owt off his bosome he toke a bagge of cerecloth with wrytinges therein. 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 106 Cerecloth to cover the Clefts of your Trees. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. v. v. 213 A thing like an horse litter..covered all over with sear-cloth. 1844 A. W. Pugin Gloss. Eccl. Ornament 53 Cerecloath, a waxed cloth fixed over a consecrated altar-stone to protect it from desecration. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † cereclothv. Obsolete. transitive. a. To apply a ‘cerecloth’ or cerate to. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > treat by topical applications [verb (transitive)] > plaster or poultice > types of cerecloth1620 opodeldoc1797 mustard-poultice1858 pitch-plaster1860 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. liii I must seare-cloth myself: for I beleeve all my Ribs are bruised. b. To wrap in a cerecloth. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > wrap in cerecloth cerec1465 cerecloth1658 cerement1858 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > in or as in specific material > for protection cerecloth1658 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 49 The body of the Marquesse of Dorset seemed sound and handsomely cereclothed. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cxlviii. 38 Some..sear-cloth Masts with strong Tarpawling coats. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1450v.1620 |
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