Definition of Packwax

1. n. Same as Paxwax.

Definition of Packwax

1. Noun. (alternative form of paxwax) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Packwax

1. paxwax [n -ES] - See also: paxwax

Medical Definition of Packwax

1. Same as Paxwax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Packwax

packrat
packrats
packrattery
packs
packs fudge
packs heat
packs on
packsack
packsacks
packsaddle
packsaddles
packshot
packthread
packthreads
packtong
packwax (current term)
packwaxes
packway
packways
paclitaxel
paclitaxels
paco
pacos
pacquet
pact
pacta
pactamycin
paction
pactional
pactioned

Literary usage of Packwax

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

1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"packwax. J number of cards New farmer thinketh each hour a day. Until the old farmer be packing away. ..."

2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"To talk packthread, to use indecorous language well disguised. PACK-THREAD-GANG, ». A gang which will not hold long together. Line. packwax, ». ..."

3. The Horse by William Youatt, Walker Watson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1874)
"... ligament of the neck, commonly called the packwax—the head is supported. The head, then, while the animal is in a state of rest, is supported by this ..."

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