Sentence examples for sealing wax from inspiring English sources
noun
Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened.
Ends of the capillary tubes were immediately flame-sealed, dipped in sealing wax, and stored at 4°C until analysis.
In the example to the left, the page of notes was pasted in with sealing wax.
It is used for lithographic work and in sealing wax and varnishes.
Clerk then stamped the envelope, and tells him the sealing wax isn't essential, but mucilage is.
Shellac is an ingredient in many products, including abrasives, sealing wax, hair sprays, and cake glazes.
Leon C. Marcus Frances Lange asked the young clerk in a stationery shop for sealing wax.
"People had never heard of sealing wax palms or old man palms.
Of such things – and sealing wax and string – are the most distinguished careers made.
He would have snapped 'em short off in a minute, like sticks of sealing-wax".
Bailey is the first to detect the clues provided by a painted envelope, addressed to Vincent, placed at the fore of the table in his Still Life with Drawing Board, Pipe, Onions and Sealing-Wax (1889).
The soft, buffish-brown plumage, wispy crest, black throat, yellow tip to the tail and the red dots on the wings – like sealing-wax, hence the bird's name – are simply unique.
