SE'ALING-WAX, noun [seal and wax.] A compound of gum lac and the red oxyd of mercury; used for fastening a folded letter and thus consealing the writing, and for receiving impressions of seals set to instruments. Sealing wax is hard or soft, and may be of any color.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.