waxing

Definition

An act of applying wax.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "Are these metaphorical descriptions just the subjective waxings of the critic or are they aesthetic properties really (but metaphorically) true of the wine?"