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Definition of Ceroon
1. n. A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.
Definition of Ceroon
1. Noun. A bale or package, covered or bound with hide. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ceroon
1. a hamper [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceroon
Literary usage of Ceroon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of the City of by Joel Tiffany, New York (City). Superior Court, Jonathan Prescott Hall (1831)
"... be says that ten per _ cent. is the usual tare allowed on indigo, and that
this ceroon was 1829 Sewall sold expressly at ihe usual tare. ..."
2. Fire Insurance Inspection & Underwriting by Charles Carroll Dominge, W. O. Lincoln (1920)
"ceroon OF INDIGO—A quantity of indigo incased in bark or thin wood wrapped in
skin and sewed, then tied with leather or skin thongs; approximate size when ..."
3. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1858)
"... more than twenty-two, with the mustache just budding on his upper lip, tall,
and but a month before so strong that he could " lift a ceroon of indigo. ..."
4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1858)
"account, quantities of quina, or Peruvian bark ; that Mosquera & Co. should advance
to plaintiffs 325 for each ceroon or bale of 100 pounds or more, ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1848)
"That each ceroon, 011 account of the peculiarity in the packing, is accompanied
bv a tin box containing the sample, by which it is uniformly sold. ..."
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