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green wax en · NOUN

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English grene wax.

Meanings

  1. (historical, obsolete) An estreat from the Exchequer, delivered to a sheriff, sealed upon green wax, in 15th-century England.

Forms

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greenwax alternative lexicographic
green waxes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

green wax money · process of green wax