Dictionary.net

• Figures formed of wax, in imitation of real beings; modellings in wax; a collection of figures in wax-work.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

• The lifelike figures of men, &c., formed in wax; anatomical preparations in wax; likenesses of fruits, &c., in wax.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.