wax tapern.

Brit.

/ˌwaks ˈteɪpə/,

/ˈwaks ˌteɪpə/, U.S.

/ˌwæks ˈteɪpər/,

/ˈwæks ˌteɪpər/

1. A taper made of wax.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting

wax tapera1398

match1519

brimstone match1594

card match1654

spunk1755

light1787

spill1821

lighter1828

candle-paper1829

fidibus1829

Promethean1829

sulphur-match1830

pipelight1842

candle-lighter1855

kitchen match1862

spiller1936

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lxii. 1323 A wex taper hatte cereus and haþ þat name of cera ‘wexe’ for it is made of wexe.

1408–17 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) Introd. p. xcvi And .xij. wex tapers to be set vpon euery crosse.

1676 A. Marvell Gen. Councils in Wks. (1875) IV. 97 Demetrius had no more reason in law against them, than a chandler might have had, if by Paul's preaching, wax-tapers..had grown out of fashion.

1765 J. Brown Christian Jrnl. 226 Such is the death of the wicked: but may I, like a wax-taper, leave a sweet and edifying savour of Christ behind me.

1907 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (ed. 6) 148 Ignited by means of a long wax taper.

†2. A cone-shell (see quot. 1815).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Conidae > member of

cone1770

wax taper1815

1815 S. Brookes Introd. Conchol. 157 Wax Taper, Conus Virgo.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wax taper
释义	wax tapern. Brit. /ˌwaks ˈteɪpə/, /ˈwaks ˌteɪpə/, U.S. /ˌwæks ˈteɪpər/, /ˈwæks ˌteɪpər/ 1. A taper made of wax. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting wax tapera1398 match1519 brimstone match1594 card match1654 spunk1755 light1787 spill1821 lighter1828 candle-paper1829 fidibus1829 Promethean1829 sulphur-match1830 pipelight1842 candle-lighter1855 kitchen match1862 spiller1936 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lxii. 1323 A wex taper hatte cereus and haþ þat name of cera ‘wexe’ for it is made of wexe. 1408–17 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) Introd. p. xcvi And .xij. wex tapers to be set vpon euery crosse. 1676 A. Marvell Gen. Councils in Wks. (1875) IV. 97 Demetrius had no more reason in law against them, than a chandler might have had, if by Paul's preaching, wax-tapers..had grown out of fashion. 1765 J. Brown Christian Jrnl. 226 Such is the death of the wicked: but may I, like a wax-taper, leave a sweet and edifying savour of Christ behind me. 1907 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (ed. 6) 148 Ignited by means of a long wax taper. †2. A cone-shell (see quot. 1815). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Conidae > member of cone1770 wax taper1815 1815 S. Brookes Introd. Conchol. 157 Wax Taper, Conus Virgo. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1398
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