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Waxen

waxen

1. Made of wax. The female bee, that . . . Builds her waxen cells.

2. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.

3. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding. Men have marble, women waxen, minds.

(Science: zoology) (Shak) Waxen chatterer, the bohemian chatterer.


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