Wax definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary WAX, n. [G., L.] 1. A thick, viscid, tenacious substance, collected ... employed in the construction of their cells; usually called bees wax. Its native color is yellow, but it is bleached for ... silvery powder on the leaves and fruit, as in the wax-palm and wax-myrtle. 4. A substance found on the hinder legs of ... food. 5. A substance used in sealing letters; called sealing-wax, or Spanish wax. This is a composition of gum- ...
wax palm definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax [syn: caranday, caranda, caranda palm, wax palm, Copernicia australis, Copernicia alba] 2: Brazilian fan palm having ... source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax [syn: carnauba, carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera, Copernicia cerifera] 3: palm of the ...
Wax cloth definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan ... surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. (c) A waxlike composition used by ...
Wax end definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan ... surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. (c) A waxlike composition used by ...
mineral wax definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a waxy ... varieties are used in making ceresin and candles [syn: ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, ozokerite, ozocerite] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1864 a wax of mineral origin; especially ozokerite Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. ...
wax myrtle definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any ... tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1806 any of a genus (Myrica of the family Myricaceae, the wax-myrtle family) of trees or shrubs with aromatic foliage; especially ... small hard berries with a thick coating of bluish-white wax used for candles Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, ...
wax paper definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: paper that has been waterproofed by treatment with wax or paraffin Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1844 waxed paper Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan ... surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. (c) A waxlike composition ...
wax light definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: stick of wax with a wick in the middle [syn: candle, taper, wax light] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1599 a wax candle ; taper Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, ...
wax moth definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: moth ... live in and feed on bee honeycombs [syn: bee moth, wax moth, Galleria mellonella] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1766 a ... Galleria mellonella) with a larva that feeds on the honeycomb wax of bees Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, ...
wax plant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: succulent ... with umbels of pink and white star-shaped flowers [syn: wax plant, Hoya carnosa] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan ... surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. (c) A waxlike composition ...
Wax yellow definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan ... surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. (c) A waxlike composition used by ...
wax insect definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any ... insects that secrete a waxy substance Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan ... surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. (c) A waxlike composition used by ...
Wax flower definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan ... surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. (c) A waxlike composition used by ...
Wax tree definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan ... surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. (c) A waxlike composition used by ...
Japanese wax definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan ... surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. (c) A waxlike composition used by ...