Definition of wax

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

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Honeycomb :: Honeycomb (n.) A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs..
Lipic :: Lipic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid, tallow, wax, etc..
Ceresin :: Ceresin (n.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax..
Myricin :: Myricin (n.) A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also myricyl alcohol..
Waxen :: Waxen (a.) Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding..
Cerated :: Cerated (p. a.) Covered with wax.
Tearpit :: Tearpit (n.) A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.
Inceration :: Inceration (n.) The act of smearing or covering with wax.
Encaustic :: Encaustic (a.) The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors..
Carnauba :: Carnauba (n.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.
Pseudotinea :: Pseudotinea (n.) The bee moth, or wax moth (Galleria)..
Tetrapharmacum :: Tetrapharmacum (n.) A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
Cereous :: Cereous (a.) Waxen; like wax.
Packwax :: Packwax (n.) Same as Paxwax.
Waxed :: Waxed (imp.) of Wa.
Waxwork :: Waxwork (n.) Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings..
Stick :: Stick (v. t.) Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax..
Ceroma :: Ceroma (n.) The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans.
Myrica :: Myrica (n.) A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called..
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