unwax

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ wax

Verb[edit]

unwax (third-person singular simple present unwaxes, present participle unwaxing, simple past and past participle unwaxed)

  1. (transitive) To remove wax from.
    • 2011, Catherine Lim, The Bondmaid:
      On the other hand, the god was known to be singularly obtuse, so that petitioning women had to peel open the divine eyelids and unwax the divine ears.
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