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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 origin, allied to the fixed See also: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, but is a See also:combination of fatty acids with certain solid monatomic See also:alcohols (see OILS).

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