c. 1055. Byrhtferth’s Handboc, in Anglia, VIII. 323. Þonne se mona beo tyn nihta eald, and na pænne his leoht beo ærest on weaxunge.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 6572. [Cnut addressing the tide] Þeruore ich hote þe, þþin wexing þat þou lete.
13[?]. Cursor M., 1430 (Gött.). Euer stod þai still in ane, widuten waxing [Cott. wax] or wane.
13[?]. Amis & Amil., 89. So like thei were both of syght, And of on wexing ryght.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., III. x. 339. Thilk wexing in possessiouns was cause or occasioun of thilk decrecing in vertues.
1589. Pappe w. Hatchet (1844), 36. Yet the emptie caske sounds lowder than when it was ful; and protests more in his waining, than he could performe in his waxing.
1652. Urquhart, Jewel, 134. The Moon, which was then but in the first week of his waxing.
1863. Possibilities of Creation, 100. The waxings and wanings of light in these variable objects.
1870. Eng. Mech., 11 March, 630/2. The waxing of the light of the Satellite arises from its gradual passage out of the shadow.
