waxworkn.

Brit.

/ˈwakswəːk/, U.S.

/ˈwæksˌwərk/

1. Work executed in wax.

ΘΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > [noun] > work done in specific materials

straw-worka1684

waxwork1723

1723 R. Blackmore Alfred ii. 67 Th' industrious Tenants of the narrow Hive..fetch Home Spoils their Wax-works to renew.

a. esp. Modelling in wax; an object or objects modelled in wax; usually applied to life-size effigies of persons, with head, hands, and bust of wax, coloured and clothed to look like life.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > in wax

waxwork1697

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > model > in wax

man of wax1503

waxwork1697

waxworks1774

wax1844

ceroplastics1882

1697 Post Boy 20–3 Nov. 2/2 At the Golden Salmon in St. Martins, near Aldersgate, is to be seen, in Wax-work, about Fifty Figures, all big as the Life.

1701 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1909) 7 103 Y^e Procession which began before 7 with 12 Pageants of History in large Wax Work.

a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 49 Here stood Edward the Third, as they told us, which was a broken piece of Wax-work, a batter'd Head, and a Straw-stuff'd Body.

1774 J. Wesley Jrnl. 24 Jan. I was desired by Mrs. Wright, of New-York, to let her take my effigy in wax-work.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxvii. 243 I've seen wax-work quite like life.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ix. 75 ‘It's no good my being kept here like Wax-Work, is it now?’ ‘People have to pay to see Wax-Work, my dear,’ returned her husband.

figurative.1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer III. 512 Homer gives us figures that breathe and move. Virgil usually treats us to waxwork.

b. plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > model > in wax

man of wax1503

waxwork1697

waxworks1774

wax1844

ceroplastics1882

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 267 Of Mummies, Wax-Works, &c.

1896 S. Butler Life & Lett. Dr. S. Butler I. 228 This can only be surpassed..by Dr. Arnold's taking the terracotta figures of the Varese chapels for waxworks.

3. An exhibition of wax figures representing celebrated or notorious characters; also, the place of exhibition. Now plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > model > in wax > specific collection

pantheon1711

waxwork1763

Chamber of Horrors1856

wax museum1963

1763 J. Boswell Jrnl. 4 July in London Jrnl. (1950) 289 I went and saw Mrs. Salmon's famous wax-work in Fleet Street.

1773 Duchess of Northumberland Diary (1926) 207 The Tower, the Venetian Lady, Westminster Abbey, Salmon's Waxworks.

1796 T. Morton Way to get Married v. i. 76 You must show me the sights—The lions at the Tower,..the parliament-house, and the wax-work.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vii. 171 Escorting two or three coaches full of country-cousins..to the Lions, the Wax-work, the Monument, &c.

1831 Cruchley's Pict. London 112 Wax Works. Fleet Street.

1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing ii, in Fraser's Mag. May 599/1 He looked like a figure out of a wax-work.

1895 Sir H. Irving in Daily News 17 June 6/4 ‘You didn't go [to the Lyceum]! Why not?’ ‘Well, sir, you see there's the missus, and she preferred the wax-works.’

4. U.S. The climbing bitter-sweet, Celastrus scandens; so called from the waxy scarlet aril of the fruit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > North American

woodbine1624

Virginia vine1629

staff-tree1633

Virginia creeper?1703

climbing vine1760

mayflower1778

pepper vine1783

arbutus1785

trailing arbutus1785

pipe vine1803

Ampelopsis1805

ground-laurel1814

waxwork1818

ivory plum1828

fever twig1830

yerba buena1847

mountain pink1850

New England mayflower1855

creeping snowberry1856

Virginian creeper1856

May blossom1871

sand verbena1880

staff-vine1884

1818 W. P. C. Barton Compendium Floræ Philadelphicæ I. 128 Wax Work. A climbing plant frequently reaching the tops of trees.

1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1860) 81 Celastrus scandens (Wax-work. Climbing Bitter-sweet).

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as waxwork-figure, waxwork-show.

1827 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 131/1 There is a wax-work Pope, and a wax-work Court of Rome.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxvii. 242 Mrs. Jarley's wax-work show.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxix. 254 She slept..in the room where the wax-work figures were.

1889 R. Buchanan in Contemp. Rev. Dec. 912 The highway is strewn with the corpses of dead poets who never lived,..with loud inglorious Cowleys, with waxwork Popes.

1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin viii. i The House of Commons has become a bear-garden, and t'other House a wax-work show.

C2.

waxwork-man n. the proprietor of a waxworks.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > modeller > proprietor of waxworks

waxwork-man1836

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 210 Whenever a juggler, or wax-work man, or concert-giver, takes Great Winglebury in his circuit.

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单词	waxwork
释义	waxworkn. Brit. /ˈwakswəːk/, U.S. /ˈwæksˌwərk/ 1. Work executed in wax. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > [noun] > work done in specific materials straw-worka1684 waxwork1723 1723 R. Blackmore Alfred ii. 67 Th' industrious Tenants of the narrow Hive..fetch Home Spoils their Wax-works to renew. 2. a. esp. Modelling in wax; an object or objects modelled in wax; usually applied to life-size effigies of persons, with head, hands, and bust of wax, coloured and clothed to look like life. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > in wax waxwork1697 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > model > in wax man of wax1503 waxwork1697 waxworks1774 wax1844 ceroplastics1882 1697 Post Boy 20–3 Nov. 2/2 At the Golden Salmon in St. Martins, near Aldersgate, is to be seen, in Wax-work, about Fifty Figures, all big as the Life. 1701 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1909) 7 103 Y^e Procession which began before 7 with 12 Pageants of History in large Wax Work. a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 49 Here stood Edward the Third, as they told us, which was a broken piece of Wax-work, a batter'd Head, and a Straw-stuff'd Body. 1774 J. Wesley Jrnl. 24 Jan. I was desired by Mrs. Wright, of New-York, to let her take my effigy in wax-work. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxvii. 243 I've seen wax-work quite like life. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ix. 75 ‘It's no good my being kept here like Wax-Work, is it now?’ ‘People have to pay to see Wax-Work, my dear,’ returned her husband. figurative.1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer III. 512 Homer gives us figures that breathe and move. Virgil usually treats us to waxwork. b. plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > model > in wax man of wax1503 waxwork1697 waxworks1774 wax1844 ceroplastics1882 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 267 Of Mummies, Wax-Works, &c. 1896 S. Butler Life & Lett. Dr. S. Butler I. 228 This can only be surpassed..by Dr. Arnold's taking the terracotta figures of the Varese chapels for waxworks. 3. An exhibition of wax figures representing celebrated or notorious characters; also, the place of exhibition. Now plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > model > in wax > specific collection pantheon1711 waxwork1763 Chamber of Horrors1856 wax museum1963 1763 J. Boswell Jrnl. 4 July in London Jrnl. (1950) 289 I went and saw Mrs. Salmon's famous wax-work in Fleet Street. 1773 Duchess of Northumberland Diary (1926) 207 The Tower, the Venetian Lady, Westminster Abbey, Salmon's Waxworks. 1796 T. Morton Way to get Married v. i. 76 You must show me the sights—The lions at the Tower,..the parliament-house, and the wax-work. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vii. 171 Escorting two or three coaches full of country-cousins..to the Lions, the Wax-work, the Monument, &c. 1831 Cruchley's Pict. London 112 Wax Works. Fleet Street. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing ii, in Fraser's Mag. May 599/1 He looked like a figure out of a wax-work. 1895 Sir H. Irving in Daily News 17 June 6/4 ‘You didn't go [to the Lyceum]! Why not?’ ‘Well, sir, you see there's the missus, and she preferred the wax-works.’ 4. U.S. The climbing bitter-sweet, Celastrus scandens; so called from the waxy scarlet aril of the fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > North American woodbine1624 Virginia vine1629 staff-tree1633 Virginia creeper?1703 climbing vine1760 mayflower1778 pepper vine1783 arbutus1785 trailing arbutus1785 pipe vine1803 Ampelopsis1805 ground-laurel1814 waxwork1818 ivory plum1828 fever twig1830 yerba buena1847 mountain pink1850 New England mayflower1855 creeping snowberry1856 Virginian creeper1856 May blossom1871 sand verbena1880 staff-vine1884 1818 W. P. C. Barton Compendium Floræ Philadelphicæ I. 128 Wax Work. A climbing plant frequently reaching the tops of trees. 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1860) 81 Celastrus scandens (Wax-work. Climbing Bitter-sweet). Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as waxwork-figure, waxwork-show. Π 1827 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 131/1 There is a wax-work Pope, and a wax-work Court of Rome. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxvii. 242 Mrs. Jarley's wax-work show. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxix. 254 She slept..in the room where the wax-work figures were. 1889 R. Buchanan in Contemp. Rev. Dec. 912 The highway is strewn with the corpses of dead poets who never lived,..with loud inglorious Cowleys, with waxwork Popes. 1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin viii. i The House of Commons has become a bear-garden, and t'other House a wax-work show. C2. waxwork-man n. the proprietor of a waxworks. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > modeller > proprietor of waxworks waxwork-man1836 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 210 Whenever a juggler, or wax-work man, or concert-giver, takes Great Winglebury in his circuit. 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