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вощёный

waxen

восково́е лицо́ fig

waxen complexion

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Leaflets are smooth, with waxen coating or slight pubescence, predominantly narrow. en.wikipedia.org

Flies swarm around his waxen face, his hair turned reddish-brown by acute malnutrition. www.mirror.co.uk

And everywhere crimson mingling with the brown, and here and there a waxen-white face with draggled hair staring up into the smiling heavens. www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk

Important devices attached to royal charters were double-sided waxen seals, used to authentic such instruments. en.wikipedia.org

Her skin has the waxen finish only a computer can conjure, and eyes as dead and soulless as a robot's. www.independent.ie

Its color is dirty waxen gray. en.wikipedia.org

The wife is described as having waxen features, pale and white. en.wikipedia.org

The stem is predominantly naked with waxen coating. en.wikipedia.org

People who have seen it believe that the waxen figure behind the glass is no more than a representation, and that the real remains lie in a crypt underneath. opinion.inquirer.net

The relic was then sealed in a waxen statue which represented a young woman. en.wikipedia.org

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