sealing-wax

The soft, buffish-brown plumage, wispy crest, black throat, yellow tip to the tail and the red dots on the wings – like sealing-wax, hence the bird's name – are simply unique.

Birdwatch: Waxwing 2011

Indeed, the most amusing piece in the collection is Prince Charles's sealing-wax stamp, a Kermit-like green frog carved from Siberian nephrite surmounting, with his left hind leg fully extended, a gold column enameled with pink guilloché the enamel is translucent so you can just make out the geometric pattern incised into the metal beneath it—and in this case looks like moiré silk.

A Palace's Small Treasures Paul Levy 2011

It was the same in the shops-the blacksmith's tools were there, and the carpenter's gear; the trade-rooms were stuffed with pelts, buffalo robes, blankets, axes, nails, candles, God knows what as I live, there was even sealing-wax and writing paper.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

They took from my mother the address of a shop, from my Aunt Élisabeth a stick of sealing-wax, and from me a Sacred Heart of Jesus and a Prayer for France.

Archive 2008-06-08 de Brantigny........................ 2008

They took from my mother the address of a shop, from my Aunt Élisabeth a stick of sealing-wax, and from me a Sacred Heart of Jesus and a Prayer for France.

Sacred Heart Badge de Brantigny........................ 2008

And it was written on good note-paper — and sealed with beautiful red sealing-wax.

Rosmersholm 2008

And it was written on good note-paper — and sealed with beautiful red sealing-wax.

Rosmersholm 2008

The use of sealing-wax in India dates from old times and the material, though coarse and unsightly, is still preferred by Anglo – Indians because it resists heat whereas the best English softens like pitch.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," where we talk of many things -- of shoes and ships and sealing-wax, of cabbages and kings.

Archive 2008-02-01 Anne Johnson 2008

Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," where we talk of many things -- of shoes and ships and sealing-wax, of cabbages and kings.

Hotel Fundie Anne Johnson 2008