Wax"y (?), a. Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy to
persuasion." Bp. Hall.
Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under Amyloid. —
Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver affected by
waxy degeneration.
Way (?), adv. [Aphetic form of away.] Away. [Obs. or Archaic] Chaucer.
To do way, to take away; to remove. [Obs.] "Do way your hands."
Chaucer. — To make way with, to make away with. See under Away.
[Archaic]
Way, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel.
vegr, Sw. väg, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L.
vehere to carry, Skr. vah. √136. Cf. Convex, Inveigh, Vehicle, Vex,
Via, Voyage, Wag, Wagon, Wee, Weigh.]
1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity
or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or
path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine. "To find the way to
heaven." Shak.