WAX
WAX, noun [G., Latin]1. A thick, viscid, tenacious substance, collected by bees, or excreted from their bodies, and employed in the construction of their cells; usually called b...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WAX-BILL
WAX-BILL, noun A bird, a species of Loxia.
WAX-CANDLE
WAX-CANDLE, noun [wax and candle.] A candle made of wax.
WAX-CHANDLER
WAX-CHANDLER, noun [wax and chandler.] A maker of wax candles.
WAX-MYRTLE
WAX-MYRTLE, noun The bayberry, or Myrica cerifera, a shrub of North America, the berries of which are covered with a greenish wax, called myrtle wax, or bayberry tallow.
WAX-PALM
WAX-PALM, noun A species of palm, the Ceroxylon andicola, a native of the Andes, the stem of which is covered with a secretion, consisting of two thirds resin and one third wax.
WAX-WORK
WAX-WORK, noun Figures formed of wax, in imitation of real beings.
WAXED
WAXED, participle passive Smeared or rubbed with wax.
WAXEN
WAXEN, adjective Made of wax; as waxen cells.
WAXING
WAXING, participle present tense Growing; increasing; becoming; smearing with wax.WAXING, noun In chemistry, the preparation of any matter to render it fit for melting; also, th...
WAXY
WAXY, adjective Soft like wax; resembling wax; viscid; adhesive.
WAY
WAY, noun [G., Latin]1. Literally, a passing; hence, a passage; the place of passing; hence, a road of any kind; a highway; a private road; a lane; a street; any place for the p...
WAY-BREAD
WAY-BREAD, noun A name given to the herb plantain(plantago.) [Local.]
WAY-LEAVE
WAY-LEAVE, noun A provincial term for the ground purchased for a wagon-way between coal-pits and a river. [Local.]
WAY-MAKER
WAY-MAKER, noun One who makes a way; a precursor.
WAY-MARK
WAY-MARK, noun [way and mark.] A mark to guide in traveling. Jeremiah 31:1.
WAY-PANE
WAY-PANE, noun A slip left for cartage in watered land. [Local.]
WAY-THISTLE
WAY-THISTLE, noun A troublesome plant or perennial weed.
WAY-WARDEN
WAY-WARDEN, noun In local usage, the surveyor of a road.
WAY-WISER
WAY-WISER, noun An instrument for measuring the distance which one has traveled on the road; called also perambulator, and podometer, or pedometer.
WAYFARER
WAYFARER, noun A traveler; a passenger.
WAYFARING
WAYFARING, adjective [supra.] Traveling; passing; being on a journey. Judges 19:17.
WAYFARING-TREE
WAYFARING-TREE, noun A shrub, a species of Viburnum.
WAYLAID
WAYLAID, participle passive Watched int he way. [See Waylay.]
WAYLAY
WAYLAY, verb transitive [way and lay.] To watch insidiously in the way, with a view to seize, rob or slay; to beset in ambush; as, to waylay a traveler. [In this word there is l...
WAYLAYER
WAYLAYER, noun One who waits for another in ambush, with a view to seize, rob or slay him.
WAYLESS
WAYLESS, adjective Having no road or path; pathless; trackless.