[f. prec.] trans. To rub or polish with bees-wax. Hence Beeswaxed ppl. a., and Beeswaxing vbl. sb.
1836. Dickens, Sk. Boz, ii. (1879), 7. The table-covers are never taken off except when the leaves are turpentined and bees-waxed.
1873. Miss Braddon, Str. & Pilgr., I. ix. 103. A … Turkey carpet covered the centre of the floor—a mere island in an ocean of bees-waxed oak. Ibid. (1876), J. Haggard’s Dau., III. 62. The dusting and beeswaxing were duly done.
