Wax (wăks), 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. växa, Dan. voxe, Goth. wahsjan, Gr. to increase, Skr. waksh, uksh, to grow. √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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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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