Letters sealed with wax in a painting from 1675 by Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts
Sealing wax is a wax material of a seal which, after melting, hardens quickly (to paper, parchment, ribbons and wire, and other material), forming a bond that is difficult to break without noticeable tampering. Wax is used to verify that something such as a document is unopened, to verify the sender's identity (for example with a seal stamp or signet ring), and as decoration. Sealing wax can also be used to take impressions of other seals. Wax was used to seal letters close and later, from about the 16th century, envelopes. Long before sealing wax was employed, the Romans used bitumen for this purpose.
Sealingwax is a wax material of a seal which, after melting, hardens quickly (to paper, parchment, ribbons and wire, and other material), forming a bond...
Cyrtostachys renda, also known by the common names red sealingwax palm and lipstick palm, is a palm that is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and...
plastic sealingwax which they shaped by hand into generally circular pieces which were definitely shaped by a press. Nowadays, a liquid wax is fed directly...
Pink String and SealingWax is a 1945 British drama film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Mervyn Johns. It is based on a play with the same name...
Sealingwax was used to close important documents in the Middle Ages. Wax tablets were used as writing surfaces. There were different types of wax in...
chemical-resistant paints, enamels, primers, distempers, sealingwax, postage stamp cancellation, and polishes. The sealingwax manufactured by the MVPL is used by India...
sealing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sealing may refer to: Seal (emblem), applying a seal to a document for authentication Sealingwax, a wax material...
known as cera alba) is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis. The wax is formed into scales by eight wax-producing glands in the abdominal...
like lac (obtained from Kerria lacca) are used for applications like sealingwax in India, and lacquerware in Sri Lanka.[citation needed] Many materials...
every time Gail Collins has mentioned the Seamus incident". String & SealingWax. Retrieved September 21, 2012. Drobnic Holan, Angie (September 13, 2011)...
some of the wing feathers have red tips, the resemblance of which to sealingwax gives these birds their common name. The three subspecies show only minor...
Some of the wing feathers have red tips, the resemblance of which to sealingwax gives these birds their common name. It is a native of North and Central...
Samuel Goudsmit published in 1953 entitled: A Farewell to String and SealingWax~I in which Daniel Lang wrote: Sometimes when his sardonic mood is on...
(including fine violin varnishes), sealingwax and various adhesives. It is also used for preparing shoemakers' wax, for pitching lager beer casks, and...
corresponded to the glass (vitreous) rods and bituminous coal, amber, or sealingwax (resinous) used in du Fay's experiments.: I:44 These names were used...
Some of the wing feathers have red tips, the resemblance of which to sealingwax gives these birds their common name. According to most authorities, this...
both carpenter and artist.[citation needed] Another use for shellac is sealingwax. The widespread use of shellac seals in Europe dates back to the 17th...
The English lacquer is from the archaic French word lacre "a kind of sealingwax", from Portuguese lacre, itself an unexplained variant of Medieval Latin...
their picture or inscription into soft, prepared clay and sometimes in sealingwax. The oldest stamp seals were button-shaped objects with primitive ornamental...
Paints was selling 19 different pigments such as black lead, sulphur, sealingwax and mustard. After his death, his sons took over the business. In the...
Caravan (1946), and The Magic Bow (1946). His play Pink String and SealingWax was filmed in 1945. He wrote Nightbeat (1947), Silent Dust (1949) (based...
was added. Until the 20th century, sealingwax customarily had beeswax mixed into its composition. The use of wax made solely from animal fat does not...
in Dead of Night (1945). She was given a star part in Pink String and SealingWax (1945). It was well received, and Withers was given the title role in...
Great Seal of Great Britain). To make it, sealingwax is melted in a metal mould or matrix and impressed into a wax figure that is attached by cord or ribbon...
Series Armchair Theatre Emily Strachan Series (episode: "Pink String and SealingWax") An Age of Kings Katherine of France Series (2 episodes, part 7 & &8)...
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