Wăx'-work, n.
(-wûrk), n.
Sense 1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed of wax, in imitation of real beings.
Sense 2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Celastrus (C. scandens); climbing bitter-sweet. The opening orange-colored pods, displaying the scarlet covering of the seeds, are very-ornamental in autumn. Gray.