Translations for „waxen“ in the Polish » English Dictionary

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waxen

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English

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

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The obituary recounted: a metal cylinder on a shelf above a table in it wrapped in silken cloth and a robe was a waxen image.

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What, art thou like the adder waxen deaf?

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

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Uniform: waxen capes, mutton-sleeved shirts, jerkins, trouser-leg straps and supershiny brogues.

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But the attempt was immature; the waxen wings melted, and he was obliged to decline it.

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

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They're a whole different race of camellias, with waxen buds and dark green, bubbly leaves.

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

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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.

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