inceration
English
Etymology
From Latin incerare (“to smear with wax”), from in- (“in”) + cerare (“to wax”), from cera (“wax”). Compare French incération.
Noun
inceration (countable and uncountable, plural incerations)
- The act of smearing or covering with wax.
- Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- - He has his white shirt on?
- Yes, sir,
He's ripe for inceration: he stands warm
In his ash-fire.
- - He has his white shirt on?
- Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for inceration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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