waxen image

noun

A wax figure or poppet made to resemble a person in order to injure them by sympathetic magic, such as by stabbing the figure or melting it at a fire

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Meanings

nounwaxen image (plural waxen images)

plural waxen images

  1. A wax figure or poppet made to resemble a person in order to injure them by sympathetic magic, such as by stabbing the figure or melting it at a fire
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