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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Waxed" Quotes from Famous Books

... and lighter. The sparrows became busy in the streets, and the city waxed denser around them. When they approached the river it was day, and on the bridge they beheld the full blaze of morning sunlight in the direction of St. Paul's, the river glistening towards it, and ...

— Life's Little Ironies - A set of tales with some colloquial sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters • Thomas Hardy

... longer wind-bound. At last the skipper waxed impatient, and one fine morning we got out our boats, and with the help of the Pharsalia's boats and crew, we were slowly towed to sea. Here we took a fine southwesterly breeze, and squared away before ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 • Various

... had been in the habit of coming in to see Annie, and she had not had the heart to check him. She talked to him very little, and knew that he was no telltale as far as she was concerned, although he waxed most communicative with regard to the others. A few days before he left he came over and begged ...

— The Copy-Cat and Other Stories • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

... Thereupon, the beautiful damsel told him all that Yavakri had said unto her, and what she also had cleverly said unto him. Hearing of this gross misbehaviour of Yavakri, the mind of the sage flamed up, and he waxed exceedingly wroth. And being thus seized with passion, the great sage of a highly irascible temper, tore off a matted lock of his hair, and with holy mantras, offered it as a sacrifice on the sacred fire. At this, there ...

— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 • Kisari Mohan Ganguli

... the last Perkins Institution report containing anything about Helen Keller. For this report Miss Sullivan wrote the fullest and largest account she has ever written; and in this report appeared the "Frost King," which is discussed fully in a later chapter. Then the controversy waxed fiercer than ever. ...

— Story of My Life • Helen Keller

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