Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
waxed end (which see, underwax ).
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- noun Alternative spelling of
wax end .
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Examples
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Dakota deliberately took up a wax-end, rolled it, and squinted his eyes as he forced the end of the thread through the eye of the needle which he held in the other hand.
The Trail to Yesterday Charles Alden Seltzer 1908
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Then she unravelled her knitting: twisted her end of the yarn between finger and thumb -- like a cobbler twisting a wax-end -- and cast the end up towards the sky.
Wandering Heath Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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"She has," said the shoemaker, drawing his wax-end.
Waysiders Seumas O'Kelly 1899
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Padna admired the skilful manner in which he made the holes with his awl and drew the wax-end with rapid strokes.
Waysiders Seumas O'Kelly 1899
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"No, I will not, sir," replied the beadle: adjusting the wax-end which was twisted round the bottom of his cane, for purposes of parochial flagellation.
Oliver Twist 1838
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_and_ lashing on the feathers, but using wax-end instead of sinew.
Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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