Waxed

Examples

• While the record is being traced the waxed disc is kept flooded with alcohol from a glass jar, seen in the cut, to soften the film and prevent the clogging of the stylus. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• They spun on the left foot, and kept themselves going by passing the right rapidly before it and digging it against the waxed floor. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• As the waxed disc and pan are revolved, the stylus and diaphragm are gradually moved by gears toward the center of the disc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The son was born, grew, waxed strong, died. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Their cardboard boxes were wrapped and tied neatly with waxed twine. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• So we all rode down to Magdala, while the gnashing of teeth waxed and waned by turns, and harsh words troubled the holy calm of Galilee. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• A dapper little man, with a quick, alert manner and a waxed moustache, had just descended from a high dog-cart. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Graham waxed inexorable on hearing the pleading tone; he took the scissors from his mother's work-basket. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Malone waxed very exultant over the supper. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The wind blew fiercely now, and the thickening white storm waxed bewildering; but on she came, and not dismayed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Waxed floor very slippery. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

Editor: Lorna