waxing

6 letters · noun · scores 1,400 in SpellHuntr

noun

the application of wax to a surface

adjective

(of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases

Waxing in a sentence

The wanings and waxings (of the sun and moon) occur according to the (twelve) pitch-pipes.

The building interior was Gothic and finished by multiple waxings of the commercial coast woods, redwood, sugar pine, white pine, and Douglas fir.

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