Synonyms:
waxed
Meaning: treated with wax; "waxed floors"; "waxed mustache"
Usage examples
The man waxed wroth.
Then I waxed rebellious.
Matthewson waxed jubilant.
Her haughty step waxed timorous and vigilant
One group squealed more; another scratched more; another waxed fat faster.
A fine old soldier in spotless uniform, with waxed white moustache and dangling sword, conducts the visitors.
At another shop he bought some large needles, half-a-dozen skeins of stout waxed thread, a pair of large scissors, a couple of strong steel buckles, and a tailor's thimble.
The girls East may have better music to dance by, and polished waxed floors to slip down upon, but they cannot have the excellent partners one has at an army post, and I choose the partners!
Dick Hardy, whose wrath waxed hotter and hotter, followed, belaboring him unmercifully at every step, around the table, through the hall, and into the street, the crowd shouting and applauding.
Colan stood bare and weaponless, Earl Harold, as in pain, Strove for a smile, put hand to head, Stumbled and suddenly fell dead; And the small white daisies all waxed red With blood out of his brain.