walling wax
English
Noun
walling wax (uncountable)
- 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.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for walling wax in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)