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  • 21Wax Carving — Casting Waxes = There are a wide variety of wax types used in the lost wax casting process. Generally they fall into three main types, soft, hard and injection waxes. Injection waxes are made and intended to be used for injecting wax under… …

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  • 22Wax tablet — A wax tablet ( ) is a tablet made of wood and covered with a layer of wax. It was used as a reusable and portable writing surface in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages. Cicero s letters make passing reference to their use, and some examples …

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  • 23Wax myrtle — Myrtle Myr tle (m[ e]r t l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my rtos; cf. Per. m[=u]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a… …

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  • 24wax — [wæks] noun [U] I 1) a solid substance that becomes liquid when it is heated. Wax is used, for example, to make CANDLES. 2) a dark yellow substance in your ears waxy adj II verb [T] wax [wæks] 1) to make wood shiny by rubbing wax onto it 2) to… …

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  • 25Wood stain — A Wood stain, is a sub category of paint, consists of a pigment suspended in a vehicle of solvent and binding agent (alkyd, linseed oil, acrylic, polyurethane, lacquer, or resin). It is formulated to impart or transport the pigment into the pores …

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  • 26wax — 1. A thick, tenacious substance, plastic at room temperature, secreted by bees for building the cells of their honeycomb. SYN: beeswax, cera. 2. Any substance with physical properties similar to those of beeswax, of animal, vegetable …

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  • 27wax tablet — a tablet made of bone, wood, etc., and covered with wax, used by the ancients for writing with a stylus. Also, waxed tablet. [1800 10] * * * …

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  • 28wood carving — Synonyms and related words: CYSP sculpture, anaglyptics, anaglyptography, architectural sculpture, bone carving, bust, carving, casting, ceroplastics, chasing, clay sculpture, decorative sculpture, doll, dolly, dummy, earth art, embossing,… …

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  • 29Wood branding — Branding is the easiest most economical way to permanently mark anything that burns (wood, leather, plastic, rubber, cork, food, soap, wax, etc). This is done by either a fire heated tool or an electrically heated tool …

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  • 30wax paper — вощеная бумага bank note paper ценная бумага банков bibulous paper промокательная бумага silver paper белая папиросная бумага tea bag paper чайная пачечная бумага wood paper бумага из древесной массы …

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