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Definition of Packwax
1. n. Same as Paxwax.
Definition of Packwax
1. Noun. (alternative form of paxwax) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Packwax
1. paxwax [n -ES] - See also: paxwax
Medical Definition of Packwax
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Packwax
Literary usage of Packwax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"packwax. J number of cards New farmer thinketh each hour a day. Until the old
farmer be packing away. ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"To talk packthread, to use indecorous language well disguised. PACK-THREAD-GANG, ».
A gang which will not hold long together. Line. packwax, ». ..."
3. The Horse by William Youatt, Walker Watson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1874)
"... ligament of the neck, commonly called the packwax—the head is supported.
The head, then, while the animal is in a state of rest, is supported by this ..."
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