Hypertext Webster Gateway: "waxing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wax \Wax\, v. i. [imp. {Waxed}; p. p. {Waxed}, and Obs. or
Poetic {Waxen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waxing}.] [AS. weaxan; akin
to OFries. waxa, D. wassen, OS. & OHG. wahsan, G. wachsen,
Icel. vaxa, Sw. v["a]xa, Dan. voxe, Goth. wahsjan, Gr. ? to
increase, Skr. waksh, uksh, to grow. ???. Cf. {Waist}.]
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wax \Wax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waxed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Waxing}.]
To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a
thread or a table.

{Waxed cloth}, cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a
cover, of tables and for other purposes; -- called also
{wax cloth}.

{Waxed end}, a thread pointed with a bristle and covered with
shoemaker's wax, used in sewing leather, as for boots,
shoes, and the like; -- called also {wax end}. --Brockett.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

waxing
adj : (of the moon) becoming full; "the waxing moon passes from
new to full" [ant: {waning}]
n 1: the application of wax to a surface
2: a gradual increase in magnitude or extent; "the waxing of
the moon"


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