'Packwax' definitions:
Definition of 'Packwax'
From: GCIDE
- Packwax \Pack"wax`\ (p[a^]k"w[a^]ks`), n. (Anat.) Same as Paxwax. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'packwax'
From: GCIDE
- Paxwax \Pax"wax`\, n. [For faxvax, fr. AS. feax hair (akin to OHG. fahs) + weaxan to grow. See Wax to grow, and cf. Faxed, Pectinate.] (Anat.) The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebr[ae], and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax. [1913 Webster]