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n.
Alt. of Wood-waxen
imp. & p. p.
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n.
A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.
a.
Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.
n.
A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin, wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen.
n.
The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree.
n.
A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.
n.
One who works in wax; one who makes waxwork.
n.
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.
n.
A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below.
n.
A bee that makes or produces wax.
a.
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.
n.
Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird.
n.
Quality or state of being waxy.
n.
Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
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Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.
v. t.
To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.
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Made of wax.
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