Beeswax :: Beeswax (n.) The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed..

Chafewax :: Chafewax (n.) Alt. of Chaffwa.

Chaffwax :: Chaffwax (n.) Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.

Earwax :: Earwax (n.) See Cerumen.

Overwax :: Overwax (v. i.) To wax or grow too rapindly or too much.

Packwax :: Packwax (n.) Same as Paxwax.

Paxwax :: Paxwax (n.) The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax..

Paxywaxy :: Paxywaxy (n.) See Paxwax.

Sealing Wax :: Sealing wax () A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc..

Thoroughwax :: Thoroughwax (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.

Thoroughwax :: Thoroughwax (n.) Thoroughwort.

Wax :: Wax (v. i.) To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.

Wax :: Wax (v. i.) 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..

Wax :: Wax (n.) 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..

Wax :: Wax (n.) Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance..

Wax :: Wax (n.) Cerumen, or earwax..

Wax :: Wax (n.) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc..

Wax :: Wax (n.) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.

Wax :: Wax (n.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below..

Wax :: Wax (n.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable..

Wax :: Wax (n.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite..

Wax :: Wax (n.) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling..

Wax :: Wax (v. t.) To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table..

Waxberry :: Waxberry (n.) The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree..

Waxbill :: Waxbill (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..

Waxbird :: Waxbird () The waxwing.

Waxed :: Waxed (imp.) of Wa.

Waxed :: Waxed (p. p.) of Wa.

Waxed :: Waxed (imp. & p. p.) of Wa.

Waxen :: Waxen () of Wa.

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