Definition of Malaxes

1. Verb. (third-person singular of malax) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Malaxes

1. malax [v] - See also: malax

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malaxes

malathions
malawi
malax
malaxable
malaxage
malaxages
malaxate
malaxated
malaxates
malaxating
malaxation
malaxations
malaxator
malaxators
malaxed
malaxes (current term)
malaxing
malayaite
malayan
malaysia
malbec
malbecs
malbrouck
malbroucks
malconformation
malconformations
malcontent
malcontented
malcontentedly
malcontents

Literary usage of Malaxes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1821)
"4 Loss 99 t 100 malaxes, in chemistry, salts formed by the union of the malic acid with different bases. These salts have not been fully investigated ..."

2. On the Instincts and Habits of the Solitary Wasps by George Williams Peckham, Elizabeth G. Peckham (1898)
"... on one leaf and malaxes her victim and then flies to another and another, repeating the process several times before she finally flies off to her nest. ..."

3. Familiar Lectures on Botany: Explaining the Structure, Classification, and by Lincoln Phelps, Almira (H[art]) Lincoln Phelps (1852)
"malaxes. Corolla spreading; petals 5; lip flat, expanded, entire, turned various ways; column or style winged; pollinia 4, parallel, affixed to the ..."

4. A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1856)
"malaxes. Neutral and acid salts formed by malic acid with alkaline and magnesian bases. [MALE FERN. ..."

5. The Corner of Harley Street: Being Some Familiar Correspondence of Peter by Henry Howarth Bashford (1911)
"As he moved slowly up the centre of the hot amphitheatre the cries of the poor malaxes and their friends redoubled themselves in ardour. ..."

6. The Chemistry and Literature of Beryllium by Charles Lathrop Parsons (1909)
"DOUBLE malaxes. Rosenheim and Itzig (1899; 13) by saturating laevo-alkali acid malates with freshly precipitated beryllium hydroxide at boiling temperature, ..."

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