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

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