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Cerin :: Cerin (n.) A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.

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

Wax :: Wax (n.) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.

Onocerin :: Onocerin (n.) A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.

Wood-wash :: Wood-wash (n.) Alt. of Wood-waxe.

Wax :: Wax (n.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable..

Pela :: Pela (n.) See Wax insect, under Wax..

Wax :: Wax (v. i.) To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.

Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man

Waxberry :: Waxberry (n.) The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree..

Honeycomb :: Honeycomb (n.) A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs..

Waxed :: Waxed (imp. & p. p.) of Wa.

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.

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

Waxed :: Waxed (imp.) of Wa.

Whitleather :: Whitleather (n.) The paxwax. See Paxwax.

Retinalite :: Retinalite (n.) A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster..

Basilicon :: Basilicon (n.) An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance..

Waxing :: Waxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wa.

Wick :: Wick (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned..

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