waxing

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  1. The coating of thread with wax previous to sewing.
  2. A method of blacking, dressing, and polishing leather, to give it a finish.
  3. In calico-printing, the process of stopping out colors.

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  • Both moons were waning, although Kang could sense the third moon, the dark awaoa, waxing-^a good omen for the draconians. —  The Doom Brigade
  • But they all have one thing in common: a mark upon them, a blue vertical crescent, like the waxing moon, tattooed on the inside of their left wrist. ' —  The Kaisho
  • I glanced at the wan, waxing orb, almost lost in blue heaven. —  Operation Luna
  • And whether waxing or waning, it must be virtually full. —  Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
  • "Then what does Strelakat mean?" —  The Time of the Transference
 

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  1. from Middle English waxynge; verbal noun of wax, v.
 

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