Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - wax
Wax
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; beeswax. 2 a white translucent material obtained from this by bleaching and purifying and used for candles, in modelling, as a basis of polishes, and for other purposes. 3 any similar substance, e.g. earwax. 4 colloq. a a gramophone record. b material for the manufacture of this. 5 (attrib.) made of wax. --v.tr. 1 cover or treat with wax. 2 colloq. record for the gramophone. Phrases and idioms be wax in a person's hands be entirely subservient to a person. lost wax = CIRE PERDUE. wax-light a taper or candle of wax. wax-myrtle a tree, Myrtus cerifera, yielding wax and oil used for candles. wax-painting = ENCAUSTIC. wax palm 1 a South American palm, Ceroxylon alpinum, with its stem coated in a mixture of resin and wax. 2 a carnauba. wax paper paper waterproofed with a layer of wax. wax-pod a yellow-podded bean. wax-tree an Asian tree, Rhus succedanea, having white berries which yield wax. Derivatives waxer n. Etymology: OE w{aelig}x, weax f. Gmc 2. v.intr. 1 (of the moon between new and full) have a progressively larger part of its visible surface illuminated, increasing in apparent size. 2 become larger or stronger. 3 pass into a specified state or mood (wax lyrical). Phrases and idioms wax and wane undergo alternate increases and decreases. Etymology: OE weaxan f. Gmc 3. n. sl. a fit of anger. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. uncert.: perh. f. WAX(2) wroth etc.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weax; akin to Old High German wahs ~, Lithuanian vaškas Date: before 12th century a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructioncting the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed of a mixture of esters, cerotic acid, and hydrocarbons, any of various substances resembling the ~ of bees: as, any of numerous substances of plant or animal origin that differ from fats in being less greasy, harder, and more brittle and in containing principally compounds of high molecular weight (as fatty acids, alcohols, and saturated hydrocarbons), a solid substance (as ozokerite or paraffin ~) of mineral origin consisting usually of hydrocarbons of high molecular weight, a pliable or liquid composition used especially in uniting surfaces, excluding air, making patterns or impressions, or producing a polished surface, something likened to ~ as soft, impressionable, or readily molded, a ~y secretion, a phonograph recording, ~like adjective II. transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to treat or rub with ~ usually for polishing, stiffening, or reducing friction, to apply ~ to (as legs) as a depilatory, to record on phonograph records, to defeat decisively (as in an athletic contest), III. intransitive verb see: eke Date: before 12th century 1. to increase in size, numbers, strength, prosperity, or intensity, to grow in volume or duration, to grow toward full development, to increase in phase or intensity, to assume a (specified) characteristic, quality, or state ; become , IV. noun Date: 14th century increase, growth, V. noun Etymology: perhaps from 3~ Date: 1854 a fit of temper ; rage ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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