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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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            your clothes are not waxen old upon you. --deut.
                                                  xxix. 5.
      1913 webster

            where young adonis oft reposes,
            waxing well of his deep wound.        --milton.
      1913 webster

   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 

Results 1 - 3 of 3 found about waxed:

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Waxed, definition of term: Waxed
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Waxed End >> W Words
Waxed End, definition of term: Waxed End
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Waxed Cloth >> W Words
Waxed Cloth, definition of term: Waxed Cloth
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