ceresin


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ceresin /ˈsɛrɪsɪn/
noun a hard whitish paraffin wax used with or instead of beeswax.
– origin C19: from mod. L. ceres (from L. cera ‘wax’) + -in1.
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