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▪ I. † unˈwax, v.1 Obs.
[un-2 7.]
intr. To grow or become less; to decrease. Also fig.
13..Coer de L. 2844 Thus began our folk unwexe, And dyede for hungyr and for woo. c1400Pepysian Gosp. Harmony (1922) 14 For it bihoued nedes þat Jesus wex & þat he vnwex. 14..in Maskell Mon. Rit. (1847) III. 353 Of a man it is seid, the more he wexith the more he unwexith.
▪ II. unˈwax, v.2
[un-2 4.]
trans. To deprive of wax; to remove the wax from.
1817Kirby & Sp. Entomol. II. 148 On the seventh day the part covering the head and trunk of the young female [bee], if I may so speak, is almost entirely unwaxed. |