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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 430 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WAX , a solid fatty substance of See also:

animal and See also:

VEGETABLE

vegetable origin, allied to the fixed See also:

OILS (adopted from the Fr. oile, mod. huile, Lat. oleum, olive oil)

oils and fats . From these it is distinguished by the fact that while oils and fats are glycerides, a true wax contains no See also:

GLYCERIN, GLYCERINE

glycerin, but is a See also:

COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of fatty acids with certain solid monatomic See also:

alcohols (see OILS) .

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