Waxed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wax \Wax\ (w[a^]ks), 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[aum]xa, Dan. voxe, Goth.
     wahsjan, Gr. ? to increase, Skr. waksh, uksh, to grow.
     [root]135. Cf. {Waist}.]


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     1. To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or
        fuller; -- opposed to wane.
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              The waxing and the waning of the moon. --Hakewill.
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              Truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane.
                                                    --P. Plowman.
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     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.
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              Your clothes are not waxen old upon you. --Deut.
                                                    xxix. 5.
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              Where young Adonis oft reposes,
              Waxing well of his deep wound.        --Milton.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  waxed
       adj : treated with wax; "waxed floors"; "waxed mustache" [ant: {unwaxed}]