wax·en /ˈwæksən/
(a.)象蠟一樣軟的,蠟色的,蒼白的
Wax·en a.
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. --Shak.
Waxen chatterer Zool., the Bohemian chatterer.
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Wax v. i. [imp. Waxed p. p. Waxed, and Obs. or Poetic Waxen p. pr. & vb. n. Waxing.]
1. To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.
The waxing and the waning of the moon. --Hakewill.
Truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane. --P. Plowman.
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.
Your clothes are not waxen old upon you. --Deut. xxix. 5.
Where young Adonis oft reposes,
Waxing well of his deep wound. --Milton.
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.
waxen
adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the
floor is waxy" [syn: waxy]
2: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same
awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his
waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy
paleness" [syn: waxlike, waxy]