Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
wax .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To grow; to wax.
- imperative Waxed.
- noun obsolete Wax.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
wax .
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Examples
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Wings at the Anchor Bar, beef on wex (ph) sandwiches, lake-effect snow like nowhere else.
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February 21, 2008 at 3:16 pm eye wunner if diz wex?
pwning ur elders - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Their most consistent enemi were the Aztecs, from the lake on whose borders present-day Mexic City stands, and the wars between these two strong nations wex prolonged and bloody.
Mexico Michener, James 1992
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And hate for it in ille lið. ðo wex her hertes niðful ⁊ bold.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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¶ For the grou {n} de of {the} felde gan wex hore & whyt.
The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous
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They provided "a prest, brede, wyne, wex, boke, vestments and chalise for their auter of S. Nicholas in the said chapel."
The Parish Clerk 1892
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Of my sovereyns/gaf no fors at al wex obstynat/by inobedience
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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I find _wex_ and _aisches_ (_ashes_) in Pecock, and _exe_ in the Paston Letters.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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For I often thought, "If it hadn't been for this same weak-minded giant, I might never have come to trouble my head and wex my soul about the young man."
Doctor Marigold Charles Dickens 1841
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I believe as Mr Chuffey, sir, rekwires attention (if I may make so bold), and should not have his liberty to wex and worrit your sweet lady as he does. '
Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841
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