Found 3 hits - Term: waxed, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wax \wax\ wa^ks, v. i. imp. waxed; p. p. waxed, and
obs. or poetic waxen; p. pr. vb. n. waxing. as.
weaxan; akin to ofries. waxa, d. wassen, os. ohg. wahsan,
g. wachsen, icel. vaxa, sw. vaumxa, dan. voxe, goth.
wahsjan, gr. ? to increase, skr. waksh, uksh, to grow.
root135. cf. waist.
1913 webster
1. to increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or
fuller; -- opposed to wane.
1913 webster
the waxing and the waning of the moon. --hakewill.
1913 webster
truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane.
--p. plowman.
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2. 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.
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your clothes are not waxen old upon you. --deut.
xxix. 5.
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where young adonis oft reposes,
waxing well of his deep wound. --milton.
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waxing kernels med., small tumors formed by the
enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the
groins of children; -- popularly so called, because
supposed to be caused by growth of the body. --dunglison.
1913 webster
see also:
waxed waxen waxing waist waxing kernels
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wax \wax\, v. t. imp. p. p. waxed; p. pr. vb. n.
waxing.
to smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a
thread or a table.
1913 webster
waxed cloth, cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a
cover, of tables and for other purposes; -- called also
wax cloth.
waxed end, a thread pointed with a bristle and covered with
shoemaker's wax, used in sewing leather, as for boots,
shoes, and the like; -- called also wax end. --brockett.
1913 webster
see also:
waxed waxing waxed cloth wax cloth waxed end wax end
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
waxed
adj : treated with wax; "waxed floors"; "waxed mustache" ant: unwaxed
see also:
unwaxed
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