waxmaking en · NOUN
Etymology
From wax + making.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The manufacture of wax, or of items from wax.
To fill the high demand for his work, Dr. Curtius began teaching Manon the art of waxmaking, eventually letting her mold a likeness of the great writer, Voltaire.
2014, Kathleen Benner Duble, Madame Tussaud's Apprentice: