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wax(5) (iou)



wax verb2 trans. [waks] LME.
[from WAX noun1.]
Cover with a layer of wax; polish or stiffen with a dressing of wax; saturate or impregnate with wax. LME.
Stop (an aperture) with or as with wax. Also foll. by up. LME-E18.
In leather manufacture, dress (a skin) with a mixture of lampblack, oil, etc. L19.
Make a gramophone record of (music etc.); record. Cf. WAX noun1 7. colloq. M20.
Remove unwanted hair from (legs etc.) by applying wax and peeling off the wax and hairs together. M20.
waxer noun L19.
waxing noun (a) the process of covering or dressing with wax; (b) depilation by means of wax; (c) colloq. a gramophone record or phonograph cylinder: LME.