资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wax \Wax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waxed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Waxing}.]
   To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a
   thread or a table.

   {Waxed cloth}, cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a
      cover, of tables and for other purposes; -- called also
      {wax cloth}.

   {Waxed end}, a thread pointed with a bristle and covered with
      shoemaker's wax, used in sewing leather, as for boots,
      shoes, and the like; -- called also {wax end}. --Brockett.