unwax

English

Etymology

un- +‎ wax

Verb

unwax (third-person singular simple present unwaxes, present participle unwaxing, simple past and past participle unwaxed)

1. (transitive) To remove wax from.
   • 2011, Catherine Lim, The Bondmaid:

     On the other hand, the god was known to be singularly obtuse, so that petitioning women had to peel open the divine eyelids and unwax the divine ears.