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Comb :: Comb (n.) The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb..

Waxwing :: Waxwing (n.) Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird..

Cerosin :: Cerosin (n.) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae..

Whin :: Whin (n.) Woad-waxed.

Wax :: Wax (n.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below..

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

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..

Hatchettite :: Hatchettite (n.) Mineral t/ low; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow color..

Myristic :: Myristic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg (Myristica). Specifically, designating an acid found in nutmeg oil and otoba fat, and extracted as a white crystalline waxy substance..

Apiculture :: Apiculture (n.) Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.

Ambergris :: Ambergris (n.) A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212¡ Fah

Wood-waxen :: Wood-waxen (n.) Same as Woadwaxen.

Seal :: Seal (v. t.) To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter..

Beeswax :: Beeswax (n.) The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed..

Wex :: Wex (imp.) Waxed.

Paxywaxy :: Paxywaxy (n.) See Paxwax.

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

Waxbird :: Waxbird () The waxwing.

Cerecloth :: Cerecloth (n.) A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter..

Stick :: Stick (v. t.) Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax..

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