Defn: To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table. 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.
WAXBERRY
Wax"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See
Bayberry, and Candleberry tree.
WAXBILL
Wax"bill`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to
Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and Australia.
The bill is large, conical, and usually red in color, resembling
sealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as cage birds.
WAXBIRD
Wax"bird`, (Zoöl.)
Defn: The waxwing.
WAXEN
Wax"en, a.
1. Made of wax. "The female bee, that . . . builds her waxen cells." Milton.
2. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.