wex

English

Verb

wex (third-person singular simple present wexes, present participle wexing, simple past and past participle wexed)

1. Obsolete form of wax.
   • 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis:

     The sun but seem'd the lab'rer of their year;
     Each wexing moon supply'd her wat'ry store.

References

• “wex”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• EXW

Middle English

Noun

wex

1. Alternative form of wax (“wax”)