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present participle and gerund of wax examples
countable and uncountable, plural waxings
The action of the verb to wax. quotations examples
The wanings and waxings (of the sun and moon) occur according to the (twelve) pitch-pipes.
1983, Youlan Feng, Derk Bodde, A History of Chinese Philosophy, volume 2, page 427
The building interior was Gothic and finished by multiple waxings of the commercial coast woods, redwood, sugar pine, white pine, and Douglas fir.
2006, Mary Lou Lyon, Early Cupertino, page 81
Are these metaphorical descriptions just the subjective waxings of the critic or are they aesthetic properties really (but metaphorically) true of the wine?
2009, Fritz Allhoff, Wine and Philosophy: A Symposium on Thinking and Drinking, page 128
(countable) A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax. examples
(countable) A recording intended for a phonograph. quotations examples
Except for "Washing Machine Blues," a 1952 side for the King label, Carson's waxings went largely without notice.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, page 12