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4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal
preparation.

In vain she tries her paste and creams,

To smooth her skin or hide its seams.

Goldsmith.

5. The best or choicest part of a thing;
the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the
cream of a collection of books or pictures.

Welcome, O flower and cream of knights
errant.

Shelton.

Bavarian cream, a preparation of
gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten
cold. -- Cold cream, an ointment made
of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a
salve for the hands and lips. -- Cream
cheese, a kind of cheese made from curd from which
the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been
added. -- Cream gauge, an instrument
to test milk, being usually a graduated glass tube in which the
milk is placed for the cream to rise. -- Cream
nut, the Brazil nut. -- Cream of
lime. (a) A scum of calcium
carbonate which forms on a solution of milk of lime from the
carbon dioxide of the air.


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