He wears Paracelsian characters for the toothache, and a little hallowed wax is his antidote for all evils.

The waxes most used in Switzerland are Skiolin, both hard and soft, Sohms' with red, yellow or green label, and Parafine.

Wax is a fat, and the honey which is eaten by the bee is partly transformed into wax in his body.

Wax was a most essential ingredient, since it prevented the colors from cracking.

A pipe discoursing through nine mouths I made, full fair to view; The wax is white thereon, the line of this and that edge true.