wax light (wakslit)

[= D. was licht = G. wachslicht (cf. Icel. vaxljōs, Sw. vaxljus, Dan. voxlys ); as wax2 + light1.] A candle, taper, or night-light made of wax. The only alternative would have been wax - lights at half a crown a pound. T. A. Trollope , What I Remember. wax-modeling (waks'mod"el-ing), n. The art or proce of forming figures, reliefs, ornaments, etc., in wax. See ceroplastic.