scale wax
noun
: partly refined paraffin wax obtained by sweating slack wax so that only a small percentage of oil remains
called also paraffin scale
Word History
Etymology
scale entry 5
- in private
- in pro
- in production
- in profile
- in progress
- in proportion
- in proportion to
- in propria persona
- in prospect
- in public
- in pursuance of
- in pursuit of
- in quantity
- in querpo
- in quest of
- in question
- in quick succession
- in quotes
- in rapid succession
- in re
- in reach
- in reaction to
- in readiness
- in real life
- in reality