Men have marble, women waxen, minds.
Shak.
Waxen chatterer (Zoöl.), the Bohemian chatterer.
Wax"i*ness (?), n. Quality or state of being waxy.
Wax"wing` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small birds of
the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually
tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The
Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples.
Called also waxbird.
Wax"work` (?), n. 1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures
formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
2. (Bot.) An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a
profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and
display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.
Wax"work`er (?), n. 1. One who works in wax; one who makes waxwork.