sealwax

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noun

sealing wax

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Meanings

nounsealwax (uncountable)
  1. uncountablesealing wax

    Your organs are not so dull that I should inform you 'tis an inch, Sir, of red sealwax. When this is melted and dropped upon the letter, if Dolly fumbles too long for her thimble, till the wax is over hardened, it will not receive the mark of her thimble.

    1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […]

Origin

From seal + wax.

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APA

sealwax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sealwax

MLA

“sealwax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sealwax. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sealwax,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sealwax.

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