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n. [ Gr. khro`s wax + -graph. ] A writing on wax. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to cerography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices cerography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. khro`s wax + -graphy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. khro`s wax + -lite. ] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; ointment for wrestlers, the place for wrestling, fr. khroy^n to wax over, fr. khro`s wax. ] 1. The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anc. Arch.) That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The cere of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. khro`s wax + -mancy. ] Divination by dropping melted wax in water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Seroon. ] A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]