Lewis Short
(verb) : cēro, āvi, ātum, 1, cera
* To cover, overlay, or smear with wax, to wax: dolia,Col. 12, 52, 15.—More freq. in part. pass.: cerata tabula,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 18: tabella, * Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. Dig. 32, 52: pennae, * Hor. C. 4, 2, 2: taedae,Ov. H. 7, 23: rates,id. ib. 5, 42; cf. puppes,id. R. Am. 447.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary