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Webster 1913 Edition


Waxen

Wax′en

,
Adj.
1.
Made of wax.
“The female bee, that . . . builds her waxen cells.”
Milton.
2.
Covered with wax; waxed;
as, a
waxen
tablet
.
3.
Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.
Men have marble, women
waxen
, minds.
Shakespeare
Waxen chatterer
(Zool.)
,
the Bohemian chatterer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Waxen

WAXEN

,
Adj.
Made of wax; as waxen cells.