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Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp..

Cerography :: Cerography (n.) The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax..

Waxwork :: Waxwork (n.) Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings..

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

Flambeau :: Flambeau (n.) A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch..

Serge :: Serge (n.) A large wax candle used in the ceremonies of various churches.

Increase :: Increase (v. i.) The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon..

Adhere :: Adhere (v. i.) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura..

Wex :: Wex (imp.) Waxed.

Ceraceous :: Ceraceous (a.) Having the texture and color of new wax; like wax; waxy.

Increase :: Increase (v. i.) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases..

Earwax :: Earwax (n.) See Cerumen.

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..

Bayberry :: Bayberry (n.) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree.

Mummy :: Mummy (n.) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc..

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

Waxen :: Waxen (a.) Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding..

Paraffine :: Paraffine (n.) A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or

Wox :: Wox () imp. of Wax.

Seal :: Seal (n.) An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security..

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