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candle wax

n. Any material, such as stearin or tallow, used to make the body of candles

Usage examples of "candle wax".

Mounds of old candle wax spread in multicolored lumps at either end of the board, and in the middle rested a human skull.

The breath went out of him in a long sigh, and his body seemed to grow heavier, sinking into the mattress as he relaxed, His flesh was like candle wax in my hand, smooth and silky as it warmed.

He hoped she did, though the sound of Jemmy's Vsuckling was rhythmic and soothing, and he felt sleep stealing over him as the three of them warmed, melting together like candle wax.

He folded the manuscript, wrapped the cover letter around it, addressed it, then dripped some hot candle wax on it for a seal.

The speckles are produced by interference of the laser beam with itself as it scatters from the candle wax.

I dug it out and pressed it into the splodge of warm candle wax with which I had sealed the note.

The jagged edges were blackened, and in some places the stone itself was melted like candle wax.

The gates had warped some into saggy slabs of wood with the consistency of candle wax, while others seemed normal.

Tonight it seemed smothering, added as it was to woodsmoke and candle wax, to the close, acrid smells of male bodies and the reek of illnessa mingled scent of sweaty sheets and used chamber pots-all trapped together in the room's stale air.