sealing wax
noun
: a resinous composition that is plastic when warm and is used for sealing (such as letters, dry cells, or cans)
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That is our signet, which makes a clean impression in sealing wax.
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Charles Portis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Ruthie updated the chairs by painting the seat upholstery with chalk-finish paint and applying sealing wax over top. Black chalk-finish paint and wallpaper taped behind the shelves updated a traditional hutch that belonged to the previous owners.
—Maria V. Charbonneaux, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2022
Lampblack, India ink, and vegetable dyes provided color, along with verdigris for green and sealing wax for red.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 29 July 2022
There were also two pieces of paper on top of the sealing wax.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2021
Once a used as signature or a form of legal authentication, and later as identification as to different types of work or hobbies when pressed into sealing wax, signet rings have been long been one of the most functional rings throughout history.
—Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2021
More horrifically, his beloved Fanny perished in 1861, when her dress caught fire, most likely from a few drops of hot sealing wax falling onto the garment.
—James Marcus, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
From now on, internet replies may be expressed only via snapshots that are packaged, bound by sealing wax and mailed.
—Chris Barton, latimes.com, 7 June 2018
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Charles Portis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Ruthie updated the chairs by painting the seat upholstery with chalk-finish paint and applying sealing wax over top. Black chalk-finish paint and wallpaper taped behind the shelves updated a traditional hutch that belonged to the previous owners.
—Maria V. Charbonneaux, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2022
Lampblack, India ink, and vegetable dyes provided color, along with verdigris for green and sealing wax for red.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 29 July 2022
There were also two pieces of paper on top of the sealing wax.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2021
Once a used as signature or a form of legal authentication, and later as identification as to different types of work or hobbies when pressed into sealing wax, signet rings have been long been one of the most functional rings throughout history.
—Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2021
More horrifically, his beloved Fanny perished in 1861, when her dress caught fire, most likely from a few drops of hot sealing wax falling onto the garment.
—James Marcus, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
From now on, internet replies may be expressed only via snapshots that are packaged, bound by sealing wax and mailed.
—Chris Barton, latimes.com, 7 June 2018
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“Sealing wax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sealing%20wax. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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