Beeswax
['biːzwæks] or ['biz'wæks]
Definition
(noun.) a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs.
(verb.) cover with beeswax; 'Chris beeswaxed the kitchen table'.
Edited by Eileen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.
Typed by Avery
Examples
- Cover the portion of metal you wish to write upon with melted beeswax and allow it to cool. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- On a shelf over the pans was a smooth and solid yellow mass of a hemispherical form, consisting of beeswax from the same take of honey. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Write the inscription plainly with any sharp-pointed instrument through the beeswax to the metal. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It can be used with a common pen, but must be kept in bottles coated inside with paraffine, beeswax, or gutta-percha, with rubber stoppers. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- And I'd give him somethin' as 'ud turpentine and beeswax his memory for the next ten years or so, if I wos you,' interposed Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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