waxen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: waxen	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for waxen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waxen adj made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy" Synonym(s): waxen, waxy having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness" Synonym(s): waxen, waxlike, waxy
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[84]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]:
Waxen \Wax"en\, a. 1. Made of wax. [bd]The female bee, that . . . builds her waxen cells.[b8] --Milton. 2. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet. 3. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding. Men have marble, women waxen, minds. --Shak. {Waxen chatterer} (Zo[94]l.), the Bohemian chatterer.