overwax
English edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
overwax (third-person singular simple present overwaxes, present participle overwaxing, simple past and past participle overwaxed)
- (transitive) To apply too much wax to.
- an overwaxed floor
- (obsolete, intransitive) To wax or grow too rapidly or too much.
References edit
- “overwax”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.