WAXWORKS

Noun

waxworks

plural of waxwork

Noun

waxworks (plural waxworks)

An exhibition of waxwork figures; a wax museum.

Source: Wiktionary


Wax"works`, n. pl.

Definition: An exhibition of wax figures, or the place of exhibition.

WAXWORK

Wax"work`, n.

1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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