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Meaning of walling wax | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A mixture of wax and tallow used by etchers and engravers to make a bank, or wall, round the edge of a plate, so as to form a trough for holding the acid used in etching, etc.

uncountable

Examples

“walling wax, to put round the plate, […]is made of bees wax, dissolved in a pipkin with horse turpentine”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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