Defn: A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on a steel plate, for electrotyping.
CERRIAL
Cer"ri*al, a. Etym: [L. cerreus, fr. cerrus a kind of oak.] (Bot.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the cerris.
Chaplets green of cerrial oak. Dryden.
CERRIS
Cer"ris, n. Etym: [L. cerrus.] (Bot.)
Defn: A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; — called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.
CERTAIN Cer"tain, a. Etym: [F. certain, fr. (assumed) LL. certanus, fr. L. certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. concern, critic, crime, riddle a sieve, rinse, v.]
1. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions
concerning.
To make her certain of the sad event. Dryden.
I myself am certain of you. Wyclif.
2. Determined; resolved; — used with an infinitive. However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to undergo like doom. Milton.
3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. Dan. ii. 45.
4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers to uncertain
praise. Dryden.
Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. Shak.