Meaning of WAXWORK
| Pronunciation: | | 'wakswurk
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- [n] an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax
- [n] twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
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| | Synonyms: | | American bittersweet, bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, wax figure |
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| | See Also: | | Celastrus, effigy, genus Celastrus, image, simulacrum, vine | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Wax"work`\, n.
1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed
or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
2. (Bot.) An American climbing shrub ({Celastrus scandens}).
It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open
in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the
seeds.
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