wax-shotn.

Brit.

/ˈwak(s)ʃɒt/, U.S.

/ˈwæk(s)ˌʃɑt/

Etymology: wax n.¹ + shot n.¹ IV. Old English had weaxgescot (Wulfstan): whence the form wax-scot in 18–19th cent. dictionaries.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

A customary payment made for the maintenance of lights in churches.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > payment made for specific purpose > for providing or maintaining lights

lightscotOE

candle-silver1420

wax-silver1432

wax-shot15..

wax-farthingc1588

15.. Eng. Gilds (1870) 190 (margin) To paye for the mayntenyng off the wax and lights, iiij. d. [margin, in later hand, ‘Waxshote’].

15.. in Proc. Soc. Antiq. 2nd Ser. XIV. 232 Every householder payeth..for Wax-shot and Gardens two pence.

1664 H. Spelman Glossarium (at cited word) Vicaria de Wragby consistit in toto Altaragio & in ceragio vulgariter dict. Waxshot, in panibus vulgariter dict. Manport.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Waxshot or Wax-scot.

1829 J. Chambers Gen. Hist. Norfolk II. 968 (note) Ceragium, or waxshot, was the term used for money expended in church lights.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wax-shot
释义	wax-shotn. Brit. /ˈwak(s)ʃɒt/, U.S. /ˈwæk(s)ˌʃɑt/ Etymology: wax n.¹ + shot n.¹ IV. Old English had weaxgescot (Wulfstan): whence the form wax-scot in 18–19th cent. dictionaries. Obsolete exc. Historical. A customary payment made for the maintenance of lights in churches. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > payment made for specific purpose > for providing or maintaining lights lightscotOE candle-silver1420 wax-silver1432 wax-shot15.. wax-farthingc1588 15.. Eng. Gilds (1870) 190 (margin) To paye for the mayntenyng off the wax and lights, iiij. d. [margin, in later hand, ‘Waxshote’]. 15.. in Proc. Soc. Antiq. 2nd Ser. XIV. 232 Every householder payeth..for Wax-shot and Gardens two pence. 1664 H. Spelman Glossarium (at cited word) Vicaria de Wragby consistit in toto Altaragio & in ceragio vulgariter dict. Waxshot, in panibus vulgariter dict. Manport. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Waxshot or Wax-scot. 1829 J. Chambers Gen. Hist. Norfolk II. 968 (note) Ceragium, or waxshot, was the term used for money expended in church lights. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.15..
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