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Wax v. t. (past & past part. waxed; pres. part. 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.

Wax v. i. (past waxed; past part. waxed, obs. or poetic waxen; pres. part. waxing)

To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; opposed to wane. "The waxing and the waning of the moon." "Truth's treasures... never shall wax ne wane."

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." "Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his deep wound."

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.

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"Waxed" Quotes from Famous Books

... waxed strong and bold through faithfulness; and by the power and Spirit of the Lord Jesus became very fruitful; thousands, in a short time, being turned to the truth in the inward parts, through their testimony in ministry and sufferings: insomuch as, in most counties, and many of the considerable ...

— A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers • William Penn

... rushing in over law and authority. He besought the rioters to disperse, but he might as well have besought the waves breaking on Nastasket Beach to disperse. Higher, higher rose the voices; fiercer, fiercer waxed the multitude; more and more frightful became the uproar. The long-pent-up excitement of the city and its hatred of Abolitionists had broken loose at last and the deluge had come. The mayor tossed upon the human inundation as ...

— William Lloyd Garrison - The Abolitionist • Archibald H. Grimke

... tuna. The cuttyhunk line is, however, absolutely useless for anything except trolling; it is far too light for casting a fly or even for throwing a minnow or any other kind of bait. It must also be well waxed with a piece of ordinary yellow beeswax to prevent it rotting, because it has no kind of dressing or protection from the effects of water. It would need waxing at least twice a week. I have never seen this line except in California, ...

— Fishing in British Columbia - With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina • Thomas Wilson Lambert

... they maintained at their cost, and whose services they were always prepared to sell to any person or state that was willing to pay the captain's price for their aid. And these captains, as their fortunes waxed, increased the numbers of their following till they often had under their command as many lances as would go to the making of a little army. Of these captains that were then in Italy, and, as I have said, they were fewer in that time than they are to-day, the most famous and the ...

— The God of Love • Justin Huntly McCarthy

... cranes are all that meet the eye. Both far and wide the pear blossom covers the ground, but yet the hawk cannot be heard. The wish, verses to write, fostered by the damsel with the green sleeves, has waxed cold. The master, with the gold sable pelisse, cannot endure much wine. But yet he doth rejoice that his attendant knows the way to brew the tea. The newly-fallen snow is swept what time for tea the water ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin

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