3. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding. Men have marble, women waxen, minds. Shak. Waxen chatterer (Zoöl.), the Bohemian chatterer.
WAXINESS
Wax"i*ness, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being waxy.
WAXWING
Wax"wing`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird.
WAXWORK
Wax"work`, n.
1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.
WAXWORKER
Wax"work`er, n.