noun cerumen, or earwax.
2. wax ·noun a waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.
3. wax ·noun hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.
4. wax ·vt to smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.
5. wax ·noun thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling.
6. wax ·vi to increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller;
opposed to wane.
7. wax ·noun a waxlike product secreted by certain plants. ·see vegetable wax, under vegetable.
8. wax ·noun a substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the chinese wax. ·see wax insect, below.
9. wax ·noun a waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, ·etc.
10. wax ·noun a substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal;
called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.
11. wax ·vi 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.
12. wax ·noun a fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb;
usually called beeswax. it is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. its natural color is pale or dull yellow.