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Waxing   /wˈæksɪŋ/   Listen
Waxing

noun
1.
The application of wax to a surface.
2.
A gradual increase in magnitude or extent.
adjective
1.
(of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases.



Wax

verb
(past & past part. waxed; pres. part. waxing)
1.
Cover with wax.
2.
Go up or advance.  Synonyms: climb, mount, rise.
3.
Increase in phase.  Synonym: full.



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"Waxing" Quotes from Famous Books



... was, through the chastening power of that belief, transformed into the cheerful minister and willing slave of the weaklings whom he gathered into his home, and around whom the tendrils of his heart had entwined themselves, waxing closer and stronger in the moisture of his never-failing charity; because Henry Havelock, a man of the sword, whose duties have never been too propitious to the cultivation and fostering of the gentler virtues, lived and died a blameless hero, constrained by that faith to be one of ...
— West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas • J. J. (John Jacob) Thomas

... thing, and he's a cowardly puppy! That's my opinion on 'em, and I'll tell 'em so, if ever I see 'em!" exclaimed Mrs. Nichols, her wrath waxing warmer and warmer toward the ...
— 'Lena Rivers • Mary J. Holmes

... beautiful moonlight nights come, remember, as you watch all these changes, that this "waxing" and "waning" of the moon comes to pass, not because she really changes her shape, but because, as she goes round the earth, we see sometimes more, sometimes less of the bright part which is lit up by ...
— Twilight And Dawn • Caroline Pridham

... Italian cities and the reception of pseudo-royal honors from petty princes were but a poor counterfeit of the honors that were his, as he deemed, by right divine. So it was only natural that with waxing manhood his eyes and his thoughts turned more often to that England which he had never seen, but which, as he had been so often and often assured, was only waiting for a fit opportunity to cast off the Hanoverian yoke and welcome any lineal descendant of the Charleses and ...
— A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4) • Justin McCarthy

... using a simple splice graft, in grafting it I use a rubber band, same rubber band they used here, tie it and just forget about it. You don't need the additional shading, and you don't need additional waxing. ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting • Various


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