sealing wax - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• sealing-wax

• enPR: sēlʹĭng wăks', IPA^(key): /ˈsiːlɪŋ ˌwæks/

sealing wax (usually uncountable, plural sealing waxes)

1. Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened.

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