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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wax \Wax\, 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 v["a]xa, Dan. voxe, Goth. wahsjan Gr ? to
increase, Skr. waksh, uksh, to grow. ???. Cf {Waist}.]
1. To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or
fuller; -- opposed to wane.
The waxing and the waning of the moon. --Hakewill.
Truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane.
--P. Plowman.
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.
Your clothes are not waxen old upon you --Deut.
xxix. 5.
Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his
deep wound. --Milton.
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
{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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
waxed
adj : treated with wax; "waxed floors"; "waxed mustache" [ant: {unwaxed}]
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