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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Waxing, Vaxin, vbl. n. [ME and e.m.E. wexing (1297), waxing (14th c.).] The action of increasing (Wax v. 1), specif. of the moon. —1621 Black Bk. Taymouth 353.
That na maner of … personnes … cutt no kynd of breir nor thorne but in the waxing of the moone Urquhart Jewel 134.
The moon … then but in the first week of his waxing 16… Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. III 324.
Men heir keipe the observations of the moon, in sa far that they sla ther martes, at the vaxin therof
