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sealing wax
CIDE DICTIONARY
sealing wax,
A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc. [1913 Webster]
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sealing wax
Resin
N resin, rosin, gum, lac, sealing wax, amber, ambergris, bitumen, pitch, tar, asphalt, asphaltum, camphor, varnish, copal, mastic, magilp, lacquer, japan, artificial resin, polymer, ion-exchange resin, cation-exchange resin, anion exchange resin, water softener, Amberlite, Dowex, Diaion, resiny, resinous, bituminous, pitchy, tarry, asphaltic, asphaltite.For further exploring for "sealing wax" in Webster Dictionary Online