[seer] 
| a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, esp. a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open. |
[seer] | 1. | Archaic. to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, esp. a corpse. |
| 2. | Obsolete. to wax. |
| Ceramic Engineer. |
| cere 1 (sîr) tr.v. cered, cer·ing, ceres To wrap in or as if in cerecloth. [Middle English ceren, ciren, from Old French cirer, to cover with wax, from Latin cērāre; see cerate.] |
| cere 2 (sîr) n. A fleshy or waxlike membrane at the base of the upper beak in certain birds, such as parrots, through which the nostrils open. [Middle English sere, from Old French cire, from Medieval Latin cēra, from Latin, wax; see cerate.] cered adj. |