waxingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈwaksɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwæksɪŋ/

Etymology: < wax v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of wax v.¹; growth; increase.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun]

waxingc1055

increasec1374

dilatationc1400

larging?a1425

magnification?a1425

bredingc1440

ampliation1509

enlarginga1513

dilating1532

ampliating1541

amplification1546

amplifying1553

propagation1563

enlargement1564

widening1569

growth1587

dilation1598

expatiation1612

diduction1634

expansion1635

extendinga1649

dispansion1658

elargement1680

expatiating1708

explicating1730

aggrandizement1772

extension1839

expanse1860

aggrandization1929

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

waxingc1055

increasingc1340

increasec1374

echinga1382

creasing1398

augmentinga1400

alarginga1425

moringa1425

augmentc1425

incrementc1425

creasec1440

increasement1509

enlarginga1513

enlargement1564

amplification1569

accession1570

usury1576

enhancement1577

growth1587

creasement1592

accrease1598

crescence1602

improvement1607

excrement1608

majoration1626

heightening1629

auction1692

turgescence1806

outgrowth1837

steepening1868

prolating1919

upgrading1920

c1055 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 323 Þonne se mona beo tyn nihta eald, and na þænne his leoht beo ærest on weaxunge.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6572 [Cnut addressing the tide] Þeruore ich hote þe, þin wexing þat þou lete.

13.. Amis & Amil. 89 So like thei were both of syght, And of on wexing ryght.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1430 Euer stod þai still in ane, widuten waxing [Vesp. wax] or wane.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 339 Thilk wexing in possessiouns was cause or occasioun of thilk decrecing in vertues.

1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 36 Yet the emptie caske sounds lowder than when it was ful; and protests more in his waining, than he could performe in his waxing.

1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 134 The Moon, which was then but in the first week of its waxing.

1863 Possibilities of Creation 100 The waxings and wanings of light in these variable objects.

1870 Eng. Mech. 11 Mar. 630/2 The waxing of the light of the Satellite arises from its gradual passage out of the shadow.

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

waxingn.²

Brit.

/ˈwaksɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwæksɪŋ/

Etymology: < wax v.² + -ing suffix¹.

a. The process of covering or dressing with wax.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > [noun] > waxing

waxingc1440

cering1480

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 519/1 Waxynge, wythe wax, ceracio.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Cæratura, the waxinge.

1659 E. Gayton Walk Knaves, Walk 8 Lastly, you must observe the waxing of the boot.

1818 Art of preserving Feet 137 The waxing of the thread is..for the purpose of preventing it from slipping.

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. xi. §2. 673 Previous to sale,..another process [of currying leather], technically termed waxing, is performed.

1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 344 Refusal to strip, is..due to..touching the waxed surface with the fingers after waxing.

b. (See quot. 1858.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > stopping out colours

waxing1815

1815 S. Parkes Chem. Catech. II. 148 (note) In printing those silk handkerchiefs called Bandanas, a process called waxing is still followed.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Waxing, the process of stopping out colours in calico-printing.

†c. A method of cheating at dice. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > cheating

cogc1555

coggingc1555

slura1643

knapa1658

topping1663

petard1664

prick-penny1664

knapping1671

palming1671

gammoning1700

top1709

eclipse1711

peep1711

waxing1726

sightingc1752

1726 Whole Art & Myst. of Mod. Gaming (title page) Working with a grate Box, Eclipsing, Sighting, Waxing, and Topping.

d. Depilation by means of wax (see wax v.² 1c).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > hair removal

depilation1547

decalvation1650

epilation1877

electrolysis1882

wax1926

electrology1932

waxing1974

1974 Times 27 Aug. 9/2 Services..include waxing, manicure, pedicure.

1977 Evening Post (Nottingham) 27 Jan. 6/1 (advt.) Get rid of unfeminine hair with the entirely new and painless method. No needle, no scarring, no waxing.

1982 Oxf. Times 5 Nov. 13/5 (advt.) Beauty Therapy, facials, manicure, pedicure, waxing.

a. concrete. Wax as a polish on furniture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > polish > types of

pumice1422

emery1481

foam of copperas1538

pumex1589

emery-stone1610

smiris1610

putty1663

rottenstone1677

tutty1731

French rouge?1745

rotstone1767

plate powder1786

emery-powder18..

rouge1808

waxing1825

black lead1830

tin-putty1839

red stuff1844

stove-polish1858

crocusa1861

crocus-powder1873

furniture cream1873

grit-emery1884

silver polish1895

Ronuk1896

Brasso1905

floor polish1907

lavender cream1926

lavender polish1961

lavender wax1970

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 745 Waxing.., like varnish,..is attended with inconveniences as well as advantages.

b. U.S. slang. A gramophone record or phonograph cylinder.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc

phonograph record1878

record1878

disc1879

gramophone record1888

title1908

platter1926

phonodisc1929

release1932

wax1932

plate1935

waxing1936

audio disc1944

cut1949

sounds1955

twelve-inch1976

vinyl1976

society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc > cylinder

record1878

cylinder1891

waxing1936

1936 Metronome Feb. 21/4 Waxing, phonograph record.

1941 Jazz Information Nov. 26/1 I'll stick to the Victor-Bluebird waxings, for they are the best.

1965 Punch 22 Dec. 930/2 They were frugging around to a new Who waxing.

1981 Listener 1 Jan. 30/1 Buddy Bolden..is said to have recorded a phonograph cylinder, somewhere around 1902... The rumoured waxing has never been discovered.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

waxingadj.

Brit.

/ˈwaksɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwæksɪŋ/

Etymology: < wax v.¹ + -ing suffix².

a. That waxes, grows, or increases.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective]

waxing1297

multiplyinga1400

augmentive1483

breeding1552

crescent1568

growingc1587

enhancinga1592

creasing1592

teeming1597

increasing1600

auctive1634

echinga1644

multiplicating1661

gliscent1669

enlarging1694

augmenting1745

swelling1854

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7228 A grene wexinge tre þat is fram þe more Ismite adoun.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 7328 So waxynge [Petyt MS. waxand] folk in al þys werde, Ne so gendryng, ne so plentyue..Als we arn of oure kynde, In no lond scholde men fynde.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 471/1 Spryngynge, of a welle or oþer waxynge watyr, scaturacio.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclx Blosmes of waxyng frute.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iii. i. 95 I stand as one vpon a rocke..Who markes the waxing tide, grow waue by waue.

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 iv. 2 Each wexing Moon suppli'd her watry store, To swell those Tides.

1820 J. H. Wiffen Aonian Hours (ed. 2) 36 The mutable moon Stamps all the changes of her wexing phase.

1883 M. Creighton Let. in Life (1904) I. 263 I am sorry that you think me a waxing Conservative.

1910 Ld. Rosebery Chatham xxi. 456 The Duke..was at war with the waxing power of Leicester House.

†b. Of flesh: Excrescent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective]

waxinga1425

excrescent1633

sarcomatous1754

warted1802

prurient1822

paraplastic1853

neoplastic1871

dysplastic1925

a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xii Sometyme commeth to þe houndes sekenes in hir eyenn, for þer commeth a webbe vpon hem and waxynge flesshe, þe which commeth into þ^t one syde of þe eye and is cleped an nayle.

†c. waxing kernel n. Obsolete = wax-kernel n., waxen-kernel n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > swelling > [noun] > a swelling or protuberance

ampereOE

kernelc1000

wenc1000

knot?c1225

swella1250

bulchc1300

bunchc1325

bolninga1340

botcha1387

bouge1398

nodusa1400

oedemaa1400

wax-kernel14..

knobc1405

nodule?a1425

more?c1425

bunnyc1440

papa1450

knurc1460

waxing kernel?c1460

lump?a1500

waxen-kernel1500

bump1533

puff1538

tumour?1541

swelling1542

elevation1543

enlarging1562

knub1563

pimple1582

ganglion1583

button1584

phyma1585

emphysema?1587

flesh-pimple1587

oedem?a1591

burgeon1597

wartle1598

hurtle1599

pough1601

wart1603

extumescence1611

hulch1611

peppernel1613

affusion1615

extumescency1684

jog1715

knibloch1780

tumefaction1802

hunch1803

income1808

intumescence1822

gibber1853

tumescence1859

whetstone1886

tumidity1897

Osler's node1920

?c1460 Medulla (St. John's, Cambr.) in Cath. Angl. 411 note 2 Glandula, nodus sub cute, a waxynge curnelle.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/1 Waxyng kyrnels glandes, glanders.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Tolles, a waxynge kernell.

1684 J. Smith Profit & Pleasure United 206 Waxing-Kernel, Struma, Choaking, or the Strangles.

†d. absol. in the waxand, in the waxing (phase). Cf. waniand n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [phrase] > waxing

in the waxanda1400

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22496 Þe mone þat es sa scene, Quen it es in þe waxand sene.

Derivatives

† ˈwaxingly adv. Obsolete increasingly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb]

increasinglyc1380

waxingly1483

increasably1579

still1596

augmentedly1754

growingly1758

increasedly1823

1483 Cath. Angl. 411/2 Waxingly, auctim.

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

n.¹c1055

n.²c1440

adj.1297

单词	waxing
释义	waxingn.¹ Brit. /ˈwaksɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwæksɪŋ/ Etymology: < wax v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of wax v.¹; growth; increase. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] waxingc1055 increasec1374 dilatationc1400 larging?a1425 magnification?a1425 bredingc1440 ampliation1509 enlarginga1513 dilating1532 ampliating1541 amplification1546 amplifying1553 propagation1563 enlargement1564 widening1569 growth1587 dilation1598 expatiation1612 diduction1634 expansion1635 extendinga1649 dispansion1658 elargement1680 expatiating1708 explicating1730 aggrandizement1772 extension1839 expanse1860 aggrandization1929 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] waxingc1055 increasingc1340 increasec1374 echinga1382 creasing1398 augmentinga1400 alarginga1425 moringa1425 augmentc1425 incrementc1425 creasec1440 increasement1509 enlarginga1513 enlargement1564 amplification1569 accession1570 usury1576 enhancement1577 growth1587 creasement1592 accrease1598 crescence1602 improvement1607 excrement1608 majoration1626 heightening1629 auction1692 turgescence1806 outgrowth1837 steepening1868 prolating1919 upgrading1920 c1055 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 323 Þonne se mona beo tyn nihta eald, and na þænne his leoht beo ærest on weaxunge. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6572 [Cnut addressing the tide] Þeruore ich hote þe, þin wexing þat þou lete. 13.. Amis & Amil. 89 So like thei were both of syght, And of on wexing ryght. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1430 Euer stod þai still in ane, widuten waxing [Vesp. wax] or wane. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 339 Thilk wexing in possessiouns was cause or occasioun of thilk decrecing in vertues. 1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 36 Yet the emptie caske sounds lowder than when it was ful; and protests more in his waining, than he could performe in his waxing. 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 134 The Moon, which was then but in the first week of its waxing. 1863 Possibilities of Creation 100 The waxings and wanings of light in these variable objects. 1870 Eng. Mech. 11 Mar. 630/2 The waxing of the light of the Satellite arises from its gradual passage out of the shadow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). waxingn.² Brit. /ˈwaksɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwæksɪŋ/ Etymology: < wax v.² + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The process of covering or dressing with wax. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > [noun] > waxing waxingc1440 cering1480 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 519/1 Waxynge, wythe wax, ceracio. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Cæratura, the waxinge. 1659 E. Gayton Walk Knaves, Walk 8 Lastly, you must observe the waxing of the boot. 1818 Art of preserving Feet 137 The waxing of the thread is..for the purpose of preventing it from slipping. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. xi. §2. 673 Previous to sale,..another process [of currying leather], technically termed waxing, is performed. 1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 344 Refusal to strip, is..due to..touching the waxed surface with the fingers after waxing. b. (See quot. 1858.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > stopping out colours waxing1815 1815 S. Parkes Chem. Catech. II. 148 (note) In printing those silk handkerchiefs called Bandanas, a process called waxing is still followed. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Waxing, the process of stopping out colours in calico-printing. †c. A method of cheating at dice. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > cheating cogc1555 coggingc1555 slura1643 knapa1658 topping1663 petard1664 prick-penny1664 knapping1671 palming1671 gammoning1700 top1709 eclipse1711 peep1711 waxing1726 sightingc1752 1726 Whole Art & Myst. of Mod. Gaming (title page) Working with a grate Box, Eclipsing, Sighting, Waxing, and Topping. d. Depilation by means of wax (see wax v.² 1c). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > hair removal depilation1547 decalvation1650 epilation1877 electrolysis1882 wax1926 electrology1932 waxing1974 1974 Times 27 Aug. 9/2 Services..include waxing, manicure, pedicure. 1977 Evening Post (Nottingham) 27 Jan. 6/1 (advt.) Get rid of unfeminine hair with the entirely new and painless method. No needle, no scarring, no waxing. 1982 Oxf. Times 5 Nov. 13/5 (advt.) Beauty Therapy, facials, manicure, pedicure, waxing. 2. a. concrete. Wax as a polish on furniture. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > polish > types of pumice1422 emery1481 foam of copperas1538 pumex1589 emery-stone1610 smiris1610 putty1663 rottenstone1677 tutty1731 French rouge?1745 rotstone1767 plate powder1786 emery-powder18.. rouge1808 waxing1825 black lead1830 tin-putty1839 red stuff1844 stove-polish1858 crocusa1861 crocus-powder1873 furniture cream1873 grit-emery1884 silver polish1895 Ronuk1896 Brasso1905 floor polish1907 lavender cream1926 lavender polish1961 lavender wax1970 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 745 Waxing.., like varnish,..is attended with inconveniences as well as advantages. b. U.S. slang. A gramophone record or phonograph cylinder. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc phonograph record1878 record1878 disc1879 gramophone record1888 title1908 platter1926 phonodisc1929 release1932 wax1932 plate1935 waxing1936 audio disc1944 cut1949 sounds1955 twelve-inch1976 vinyl1976 society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc > cylinder record1878 cylinder1891 waxing1936 1936 Metronome Feb. 21/4 Waxing, phonograph record. 1941 Jazz Information Nov. 26/1 I'll stick to the Victor-Bluebird waxings, for they are the best. 1965 Punch 22 Dec. 930/2 They were frugging around to a new Who waxing. 1981 Listener 1 Jan. 30/1 Buddy Bolden..is said to have recorded a phonograph cylinder, somewhere around 1902... The rumoured waxing has never been discovered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). waxingadj. Brit. /ˈwaksɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwæksɪŋ/ Etymology: < wax v.¹ + -ing suffix². a. That waxes, grows, or increases. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] waxing1297 multiplyinga1400 augmentive1483 breeding1552 crescent1568 growingc1587 enhancinga1592 creasing1592 teeming1597 increasing1600 auctive1634 echinga1644 multiplicating1661 gliscent1669 enlarging1694 augmenting1745 swelling1854 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7228 A grene wexinge tre þat is fram þe more Ismite adoun. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 7328 So waxynge [Petyt MS. waxand] folk in al þys werde, Ne so gendryng, ne so plentyue..Als we arn of oure kynde, In no lond scholde men fynde. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 471/1 Spryngynge, of a welle or oþer waxynge watyr, scaturacio. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclx Blosmes of waxyng frute. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iii. i. 95 I stand as one vpon a rocke..Who markes the waxing tide, grow waue by waue. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 iv. 2 Each wexing Moon suppli'd her watry store, To swell those Tides. 1820 J. H. Wiffen Aonian Hours (ed. 2) 36 The mutable moon Stamps all the changes of her wexing phase. 1883 M. Creighton Let. in Life (1904) I. 263 I am sorry that you think me a waxing Conservative. 1910 Ld. Rosebery Chatham xxi. 456 The Duke..was at war with the waxing power of Leicester House. †b. Of flesh: Excrescent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] waxinga1425 excrescent1633 sarcomatous1754 warted1802 prurient1822 paraplastic1853 neoplastic1871 dysplastic1925 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xii Sometyme commeth to þe houndes sekenes in hir eyenn, for þer commeth a webbe vpon hem and waxynge flesshe, þe which commeth into þ^t one syde of þe eye and is cleped an nayle. †c. waxing kernel n. Obsolete = wax-kernel n., waxen-kernel n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > swelling > [noun] > a swelling or protuberance ampereOE kernelc1000 wenc1000 knot?c1225 swella1250 bulchc1300 bunchc1325 bolninga1340 botcha1387 bouge1398 nodusa1400 oedemaa1400 wax-kernel14.. knobc1405 nodule?a1425 more?c1425 bunnyc1440 papa1450 knurc1460 waxing kernel?c1460 lump?a1500 waxen-kernel1500 bump1533 puff1538 tumour?1541 swelling1542 elevation1543 enlarging1562 knub1563 pimple1582 ganglion1583 button1584 phyma1585 emphysema?1587 flesh-pimple1587 oedem?a1591 burgeon1597 wartle1598 hurtle1599 pough1601 wart1603 extumescence1611 hulch1611 peppernel1613 affusion1615 extumescency1684 jog1715 knibloch1780 tumefaction1802 hunch1803 income1808 intumescence1822 gibber1853 tumescence1859 whetstone1886 tumidity1897 Osler's node1920 ?c1460 Medulla (St. John's, Cambr.) in Cath. Angl. 411 note 2 Glandula, nodus sub cute, a waxynge curnelle. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/1 Waxyng kyrnels glandes, glanders. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Tolles, a waxynge kernell. 1684 J. Smith Profit & Pleasure United 206 Waxing-Kernel, Struma, Choaking, or the Strangles. †d. absol. in the waxand, in the waxing (phase). Cf. waniand n. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [phrase] > waxing in the waxanda1400 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22496 Þe mone þat es sa scene, Quen it es in þe waxand sene. Derivatives † ˈwaxingly adv. Obsolete increasingly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] increasinglyc1380 waxingly1483 increasably1579 still1596 augmentedly1754 growingly1758 increasedly1823 1483 Cath. Angl. 411/2 Waxingly, auctim. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹c1055n.²c1440adj.1297
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waxingn.1

waxingn.2

waxingadj.

Derivatives

waxingn.¹

waxingn.²