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  1. of Wax
  2. a. Made of wax.
  3. a. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.
  4. a. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.
  5. adj. made of or covered with wax
  6. adj. having the paleness of wax
  7. 1. Made of wax. "The female bee, that . . . builds her waxen cells." Milton. 2. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet. 3. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding. Men have marble, women waxen, minds. Shak. Waxen chatterer (Zoöl.), the Bohemian chatterer.
  8. j:100 a. made of or covered with wax s. having the paleness of wax