Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEAL-ING-WAX
SEAL-ING-WAX, n. [seal and wax.]
A compound of the resin lac, with some less brittle resin, and various coloring matters, used for fastening a folded letter, and thus concealing the writing, and for receiving impressions of seals set to instruments. Sealing-wax is hard or soft, and may be of any color.
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