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  1. 1. of Wax Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Made of wax. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. made of or covered with wax Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adj. having the paleness of wax Source: wordnet
  7. 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. Source: webster
  8. 8. j:100 a. made of or covered with wax s. having the paleness of wax Source: ecdict

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