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Webster 1913 Edition

Earwax

Ear′waxˊ

,
Noun.
(Anat.)
See
Cerumen
.
2.
(Zoöl.)
In America, any small chilopodous myriapod, esp. of the genus
Geophilus
. See
Geophilus
☞ Both insects are so called from the supposition that they creep into the human ear.
3.
A whisperer of insinuations; a secret counselor.
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Earwax

E'ARWAX

,
Noun.
The cerumen; a thick viscous substance, secreted by the glands of the ear into the outer passage.

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