cobbler's wax

British  

noun

1. a resin used for waxing thread

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cobbler's wax

At the point of the bone was a small piece of cobbler's wax.

From Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Avery, Harold

I certainly believe in the cobbler's wax much more than the inspiration.

From Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Trollope, Anthony

That is the cobbler's wax, that sticks all this mass of frizzled hair on.

From The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War by Young, F. T.

The young man's sleeves were rolled up, his face was generously smudged, and a strip of cobbler's wax beneath the tipper lip, puffed and distorted the firm line of his mouth.

From Average Jones by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

Often hardened wax, linseed oil and plaster, plaster composition, modelling wax, cobbler's wax, shellac, or what not, is used to represent the muscles and "flabby" parts.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu