Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Obsolete forms of
wax .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. of
wax .
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- verb obsolete Simple past of
wax .
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Examples
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At first it positively swarmed with them, but subsequently, by the advice of a friend, a considerable number such as "wox" and "pight" was removed.
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_The Prince's Quest_ did not appear; he was persuaded, however, to include it in the two-volume edition of 1905, where it enjoys considerable revision, "wox" becoming normal, and "himseemed" becoming dissyllabic.
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He had one or two unusual words -- his only indication of immaturity in style -- like "wox" and "himseemed."
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At first it positively swarmed with them, but subsequently, by the advice of a friend, a considerable number such as "wox" and "pight" was removed.
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Mai dodder calls teh stray “Teh Alien” becuz hims wox funnee n mrows funnee.
today teh scratchin post… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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**Gitz sum keeritz owt uv deh frige adn wox down 2 deh barn.
i knowz dis place lyk teh back of my… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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Whereto the porch wox green, with soft leaves canopied over.
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Whereto the porch wox green, with soft leaves canopied over.
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Whereto the porch wox green, with soft leaves canopied over.
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I thought I should a-screeked out when that man turned and looked at me, and wogged his head, and was nodding, is seure as if he was alive, and he only wox! '
yarb commented on the word wox
Obsolete past tense of wax.
"Pale wox I, and in vapours hid my face."
- Keats, Hyperion.
February 12, 2008
jennarenn commented on the word wox
Excellent! I tooked it.
February 12, 2008