wax : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles
  earth wax; ozocerite; ozokerite; ader wax.
  

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• noun a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles
  bayberry tallow.
  

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• noun a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs
  

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• noun hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes
  carnauba.
  

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• a snowy-wgite, waxlike substance brought from China. It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of the family Coccidæ especially Coccus Sinensis.

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• noun a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles
  earth wax; ozocerite; ozokerite; ader wax.
  

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• noun a mixture of resins and waxes to remove cosmetically undesirable hair; mixture is applied hot to the surface and after cooling is pulled away taking the hairs with it
  

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• noun a hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree
  fig wax.
  

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• noun a preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors
  

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• noun wax from Indian and African bees
  

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• noun a hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree
  fig wax.
  

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• a composition of rosin, beeswax tallow, etc., used in binding up the wounds of newly grafted trees.

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• adipocere .

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• noun a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes
  Japan tallow.
  

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• a waxlike substance made in Japan from the berries of certain species of Rhus, esp. R. succedanea.

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• noun a hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol
  lac wax.
  

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• noun a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles
  earth wax; ozocerite; ozokerite; ader wax.
  

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• . See Ozocerite.
• . (Min.) See Wax, 2 (f), above.

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• beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, used in modeling.

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• noun a hard wax obtained from lignite
  

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• . (Bot.) See Bayberry tallow, under Bayberry.

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• fig., a person who is pliant and easily influenced. "A nose of wax to be turned every way." Massinger

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• noun from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
  paraffin.
  

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• noun a wax obtained from the leaves of a plantain
  

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• noun partly refined paraffin wax
  paraffin scale.
  

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• noun fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
  seal.
  

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Seal"ing wax`

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1. A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.

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• noun a hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol
  lac wax.
  

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• noun wax used on the bottom of skis
  

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• noun a waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms)
  

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• a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry.

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• a composition of wax and tallow used by etchers and engravers to make a bank, or wall, round the edge of a plate, so as to form a trough for holding the acid used in etching, and the like.

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• noun a common bean plant grown for its edible golden pod
  
• noun snap beans with yellow pods
  yellow bean.
  

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• noun hybrid fibrous-rooted begonia having broad-ovate green to bronze-red leaves and small clusters of white or pink or red flowers; widely used as a bedding plant
  Begonia semperflorens.
  

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• . See Waxed cloth, under Waxed.

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• noun writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
  crayon.
  

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• . See Waxed end, under Waxed.

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• noun an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax
  waxwork.
  

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• a flower made of, or resembling, wax.

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• noun any of various insects that secrete a waxy substance
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of scale insects belonging to the family Coccidæ, which secrete from their bodies a waxlike substance, especially the Chinese wax insect (Coccus Sinensis) from which a large amount of the commercial Chinese wax is obtained. Called also pela.

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• noun stick of wax with a wick in the middle
  candle; taper.
  

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• a candle or taper of wax.

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers
  sleeping hibiscus; waxmallow.
  

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• noun moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs
  Galleria mellonella; bee moth.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a pyralid moth (Galleria cereana) whose larvæ feed upon honeycomb, and construct silken galleries among the fragments. The moth has dusky gray wings streaked with brown near the outer edge. The larva is yellowish white with brownish dots. Called also bee moth.

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• noun any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries
  

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• . (Bot.) See Bayberry.

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• a kind of painting practiced by the ancients, under the name of encaustic. The pigments were ground with wax, and diluted. After being applied, the wax was melted with hot irons and the color thus fixed.

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• noun South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
  Copernicia australis; caranda palm; Copernicia alba; caranda; caranday.
  
• noun Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
  carnauba; Copernicia prunifera; Copernicia cerifera; carnauba palm.
  
• noun palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles
  Ceroxylon alpinum; Ceroxylon andicola.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) A species of palm (Ceroxylon Andicola) native of the Andes, the stem of which is covered with a secretion, consisting of two thirds resin and one third wax, which, when melted with a third of fat, makes excellent candles. (b) A Brazilian tree (Copernicia cerifera) the young leaves of which are covered with a useful waxy secretion.

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• noun paper that has been waterproofed by treatment with wax or paraffin
  

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• paper prepared with a coating of white wax and other ingredients.

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• noun succulent climber of southern Asia with umbels of pink and white star-shaped flowers
  Hoya carnosa.
  

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• (Bot.), a name given to several plants , as: (a) The Indian pipe (see under Indian). (b) The Hoya carnosa, a climbing plant with polished, fleshy leaves. (c) Certain species of Begonia with similar foliage.

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• (Bot.) (a) A tree or shrub (Ligustrum lucidum) of China, on which certain insects make a thick deposit of a substance resembling white wax. (b) A kind of sumac (Rhus succedanea) of Japan, the berries of which yield a sort of wax. (c) A rubiaceous tree (Elæagia utilis) of New Grenada, called by the inhabitants "arbol del cera."

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• a dull yellow, resembling the natural color of beeswax.

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• noun one who deals in wax candles
  

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• noun constituting the order Myricales
  Myricaceae; family Myricaceae.
  

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• cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a cover, of tables and for other purposes; called also wax cloth.

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• 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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• (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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• beeswax rendered white by bleaching.

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• noun erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet
  Ligustrum lucidum; Chinese privet.
  

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