Unwax

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove wax from. transitive

    "On the other hand, the god was known to be singularly obtuse, so that petitioning women had to peel open the divine eyelids and unwax the divine ears."

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"On the other hand, the god was known to be singularly obtuse, so that petitioning women had to peel open the divine eyelids and unwax the divine ears."

Etymology

From un- + wax.

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