单词 | waxen image |
释义 | > as lemmaswaxen image waxen image n. spec. an effigy in wax representing a person whom it was desired to injure by witchcraft.The victim was believed to waste away as the wax melted at the fire, and to suffer pain from stabs or the like inflicted on the effigy. Cf. quot. a1616 at sense 1a above.extracted from waxenadj.1< as lemmas |
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