Definition of wax

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

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Onocerin :: Onocerin (n.) A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.
Ceroplasty :: Ceroplasty (n.) The art of modeling in wax.
Inceration :: Inceration (n.) The act of smearing or covering with wax.
Ricinelaidin :: Ricinelaidin (n.) The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid..
Methal :: Methal (n.) A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series..
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..
Overwax :: Overwax (v. i.) To wax or grow too rapindly or too much.
Comb :: Comb (n.) The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb..
Waxing :: Waxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wa.
Waxen :: Waxen (a.) Made of wax.
Cerography :: Cerography (n.) The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax..
Wood-wash :: Wood-wash (n.) Alt. of Wood-waxe.
Nicotianine :: Nicotianine (n.) A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor..
Sycock :: Sycoceryl (n.) A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig..
Waxy :: Waxy (a.) Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible..
Cetin :: Cetin (n.) A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part of spermaceti..
Thoroughwax :: Thoroughwax (n.) Thoroughwort.
Jack :: Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
Wax :: Wax (n.) Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance..
Statue :: Statue (n.) The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion..
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