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Definition of Floor wax
1. Noun. A preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floor Wax
Literary usage of Floor wax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1909)
"floor wax is not made of beeswax, but of a harder vegetable wax, ... The floor
should receive one coat of shellac; then the floor wax maybe rubbed on with a ..."
2. The Craftsman by Gustav Stickley (1907)
"A floor wax THAT PRESERVES Since hardwood floors and rugs have taken the place
of the old-time unsanitary, carpeted floors, a great deal of attention is ..."
3. The House: Its Plan, Decoration and Care by Isabel Bevier (1907)
"When this is dry, two coats of floor wax are applied and after standing over night,
... A waxed floor should be given a new coat of floor wax every year or ..."
4. Radford's Cyclopedia of Construction; Carpentry, Building and Architecture edited by William A. Radford, Alfred Sidney Johnson (1909)
"As the floor wax begins to wear through, a little more wax may be applied to the
worn spots. The floor should be polished at least once a week with a ..."
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