| Pronunciation: | | 'waksun
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| Matching Terms: | | waxed
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- [adj] having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness"
- [adj] made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy"
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| | Synonyms: | | colorless, colourless, waxlike, waxy, waxy |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Wax"en\, a.
1. Made of wax. ``The female bee, that . . . builds her waxen
cells.'' --Milton.
2. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.
3. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.
Men have marble, women waxen, minds. --Shak.
{Waxen chatterer} (Zo["o]l.), the Bohemian chatterer.
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