| 单词 | wax jack |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswax jack wax jack n. a contrivance designed for holding a coiled taper with its end ready for lighting, to provide a flame for melting sealing wax. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > mechanical device fire stickc1300 flint-mill1757 fire piston1846 gas poker1855 gas lighter1856 fire drill1861 fire-churn1863 lighter1875 hand drill1891 fire-plough1893 electric wand1898 wax jack1937 1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Mar. 189/2 Such diversities as a coach model, a silver wax-jack and devices of human hair. 1956 G. Taylor Silver v. 114 The wax jack..is a simple framework supporting a horizontal reel which revolves to feed a length of taper up through a central nozzle. 1980 Halcyon Days Catal. 16/1 A bougie box or wax jack (designed to encase a flexible wax taper). South Staffordshire, c. 1770..£520. < as lemmas |
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