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ˈear-wax
[f. ear n.1]
A viscid secretion which collects in the external meatus of the ear.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. v. (1495) 606 Eere wexe is put thereto to make it [aloes wood] somdeale bytter and redde. 1519W. Horman Vulg. 27 b, Earewaxe doth stop the entrynge from small bestis. 1573Art of Limming 2 If there stand any belles uppon the sise, put in eare waxe, for it ys a remedy therefore. 1614T. Adams in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xxvi. 10 Far be from our souls..that the ear..should be stopped with the earwax of partiality. 1791E. Darwin Bot. Gard. ii. 20 note, The ear-wax in animals seems to be in part designed to prevent insects from getting into their ears. 1876Quain Anat. (ed. 8) II. 631 The cerumen or ear-wax is secreted by these glands. |