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- English Word Wax Definition To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.
- English Word Wax Definition A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.
- English Word Wax Definition Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.
- English Word Wax Definition Cerumen, or earwax.
- English Word Wax Definition A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.
- English Word Wax Definition A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.
- English Word Wax Definition A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below.
- English Word Wax Definition A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.
- English Word Wax Definition A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.
- English Word Wax Definition Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling.
- English Word Wax Definition To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.
- English Word Waxberry Definition The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree.
- English Word Waxbill Definition Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and Australia. The bill is large, conical, and usually red in color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as cage birds.
- English Word Waxbird Definition The waxwing.
- English Word Waxed Definition of Wax
- English Word Waxed Definition of Wax
- English Word Waxed Definition of Wax
- English Word Waxen Definition of Wax
- English Word Waxen Definition Made of wax.
- English Word Waxen Definition Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.