1. A taper made of wax.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XIX. lxii. (1495), 898. A wexe tapre hyght Cereus of cera wexe for it is made of wexe.
1408–17. in Rec. St. Mary at Hill, Introd. p. xcvi. And .xij. wex tapers to be set vpon euery crosse.
1676. A. Marvell, Gen. Councils, Wks. (Grosart), IV. 97. Demetrius had no more reason in law against them, than a chandler might have had, if by Paul’s preaching, wax-tapers … had grown out of fashion.
1765. J. Brown, Chr. Jrnl., Harvest Day, 226. Such is the death of the wicked: but may I like a wax-taper, leave a sweet and edifying savour of Christ behind me.
1907. J. A. Hodges, Elem. Photogr. (ed. 6), 148. Ignited by means of a long wax taper.
† 2. A cone-shell (see quot.).
1815. S. Brookes, Introd. Conchol., 157. Wax Taper, Conus Virgo.
