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waxing
(encz) | waxing,dorůstající (měsíc) v: web |
waxing
(encz) | waxing,voskování n: Zdeněk Brož |
waxing
(encz) | waxing,voskující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Waxing
(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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Waxing
(gcide) | Wax \Wax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waxed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Waxing.]
To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a
thread or a table.
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Waxed cloth, cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a
cover, of tables and for other purposes; -- called also
wax cloth.
Waxed end, a thread pointed with a bristle and covered with
shoemaker's wax, used in sewing leather, as for boots,
shoes, and the like; -- called also wax end. --Brockett.
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waxing
(wn) | waxing
adj 1: (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the
visible surface of the moon increases; "the waxing moon
passes from new to full" [ant: waning]
n 1: the application of wax to a surface
2: a gradual increase in magnitude or extent; "the waxing of the
moon" [ant: waning] |
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waxing
(encz) | waxing,dorůstající (měsíc) v: webwaxing,voskování n: Zdeněk Brožwaxing,voskující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Waxing kernels
(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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waxing
(wn) | waxing
adj 1: (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the
visible surface of the moon increases; "the waxing moon
passes from new to full" [ant: waning]
n 1: the application of wax to a surface
2: a gradual increase in magnitude or extent; "the waxing of the
moon" [ant: waning] |
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