White wax
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Description
An unstandardized name for several white waxes such as bleached beeswax, spermaceti, and Chinese insect wax.
Synonyms and Related Terms
cera blanca (Esp.); cire blanche (Fr.)
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997