[f. WAX v.2 + -ER1.] One who or something that waxes. a. One who waxes leather in currying. b. (See quot. 1875.)
1875. Knight, Dict. Mech., Waxer, an attachment to a leather sewing-machine to wax the thread as it runs from the spool to the needle.
1885. A. Watt, Leather Manuf., 343. The waxer rubs the size into the coloured side of the leather.
