waxing
noun/ˈwæksɪŋ/
1
An act of applying wax.
- 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:
1 more example
- 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:
2
A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.
- Coordinate term: sugaring
3
A recording intended for a phonograph.
- 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, →ISBN, page 12:
- Derived terms
- bikini waxing, Brazilian waxing, hot waxing, Persian waxing, waxing die, waxing iron, waxing up