Cerule vs Ceruse - What's the difference?
cerule | ceruse |
(poetic) Cerulean.
* 18??': Earth is a ' cerule mystery, / As if not far from Paradise — Thomas Hardy, ‘Four in the Morning’
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White lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, formerly used as a white pigment, in cosmetics, and for medical purposes.
*, II.ii.1.1:
*:Galen hath taken exceptions at such waters which run through leaden pipes, ob cerussam quæ in iis generatur , for that unctuous ceruse , which causeth dysenteries and fluxes […].