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waxen
(encz) | waxen,mrtvolně bledý adj: Jaroslav Šedivý |
waxen
(encz) | waxen,voskový adj: Jaroslav Šedivý |
Waxen
(gcide) | Wax \Wax\ (w[a^]ks), v. i. [imp. Waxed; p. p. Waxed, and
Obs. or Poetic Waxen; p. pr. & vb. n. Waxing.] [AS.
weaxan; akin to OFries. waxa, D. wassen, OS. & OHG. wahsan,
G. wachsen, Icel. vaxa, Sw. v[aum]xa, Dan. voxe, Goth.
wahsjan, Gr. ? to increase, Skr. waksh, uksh, to grow.
[root]135. Cf. Waist.]
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1. To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or
fuller; -- opposed to wane.
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The waxing and the waning of the moon. --Hakewill.
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Truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane.
--P. Plowman.
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2. To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as,
to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to
wax old; to wax worse and worse.
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Your clothes are not waxen old upon you. --Deut.
xxix. 5.
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Where young Adonis oft reposes,
Waxing well of his deep wound. --Milton.
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Waxing kernels (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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Waxen
(gcide) | Waxen \Wax"en\, a.
1. Made of wax. "The female bee, that . . . builds her waxen
cells." --Milton.
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2. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.
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3. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.
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Men have marble, women waxen, minds. --Shak.
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Waxen chatterer (Zool.), the Bohemian chatterer.
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waxen
(wn) | waxen
adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful,
the floor is waxy" [syn: waxen, waxy]
2: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same
awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his
waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy
paleness" [syn: waxen, waxlike, waxy] |
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waxen
(encz) | waxen,mrtvolně bledý adj: Jaroslav Šedivýwaxen,voskový adj: Jaroslav Šedivý |
woadwaxen
(encz) | woadwaxen, n: |
woodwaxen
(encz) | woodwaxen, n: |
ashen bloodless livid lurid pale pallid pasty wan waxen
(gcide) | Colorless \Col"or*less\, a.
1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent;
as, colorless water; a colorless gas.
Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale,
pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; neutral; white] [Also
See: achromatic, colorless.]
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2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar
sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes,
prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style;
definitions should be colorless.
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3. having lost its normal color.
Note: [Narrower terms: {blanched, etiolate, etiolated,
whitened}; bleached, faded, washed-out, washy;
dimmed, dulled, grayed; dirty; {dull, sober,
somber, subfusc}] colored
Syn: colorless, uncolored, uncoloured.
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Waxen chatterer
(gcide) | Waxen \Wax"en\, a.
1. Made of wax. "The female bee, that . . . builds her waxen
cells." --Milton.
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2. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.
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3. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.
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Men have marble, women waxen, minds. --Shak.
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Waxen chatterer (Zool.), the Bohemian chatterer.
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Woad-waxen
(gcide) | Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. Wood-wax.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and
Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also
greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin,
wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen.
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wood-waxen
(gcide) | Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. Wood-wax.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and
Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also
greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin,
wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen.
[1913 Webster]Wood-wash \Wood"-wash`\, Wood-wax \Wood"-wax`\, Wood-waxen
\Wood"-wax`en\, n. [AS. wuduweaxe.] (Bot.)
Same as Woadwaxen.
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Wood-waxen
(gcide) | Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. Wood-wax.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and
Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also
greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin,
wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen.
[1913 Webster]Wood-wash \Wood"-wash`\, Wood-wax \Wood"-wax`\, Wood-waxen
\Wood"-wax`en\, n. [AS. wuduweaxe.] (Bot.)
Same as Woadwaxen.
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waxen
(wn) | waxen
adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful,
the floor is waxy" [syn: waxen, waxy]
2: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same
awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his
waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy
paleness" [syn: waxen, waxlike, waxy] |
woadwaxen
(wn) | woadwaxen
n 1: small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that
yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United
States; sometimes grown as an ornamental [syn: woodwaxen,
dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed,
whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria] |
woodwaxen
(wn) | woodwaxen
n 1: small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that
yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United
States; sometimes grown as an ornamental [syn: woodwaxen,
dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed,
whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria] |
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