Waxen

Streaming, flaxen, waxen"Waxen" didn't mean you should be waxing your hair off.

Archive 2007-11-01 Ann Althouse 2007

Waxen statues with clothes and hair were displayed across the gates.

Salammbo 2003

Waxen and Lady were here a monday, and send their Love to you.

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 October 1774 1963

Many are pen-and-ink drawings on vellum, exquisitely finished, of which the "Waxen Image" is one of the earliest and best examples; it is dated 1856.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

Waxen swans swam on this lake, and were mirrored in it.

The Constant Tin Soldier 1909

Waxen swans swam on this lake, and were mirrored in it.

Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906

Waxen white, pendulous, liliaceous flowers in a great thyrsus.

Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.

A Prince of Sinners 1906

When the first Crash of Music came through the hothouse Palms, Walter would be out on the Waxen Floor with his hair in a Braid.

Ade's Fables George Ade 1905

When the first Crash of Music came through the hothouse Palms, Walter would be out on the Waxen Floor with his hair in a Braid.

Ade's Fables George Ade 1905