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   Wax , 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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   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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   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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