Ink
Ink verb - To write one's name on (as a document).
Wax
Wax verb - To coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction.
Both words in one sentence
- Synopsis: A folded parchment written in green ink appears, sealed by a wax coat of arms of a griffin, badger, raven, and snake.
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A bowl of water with a drop of ink was good enough when I was a girl." And in Wyrd Sisters her reaction to Magrat's New Age fripperies is "When I was a gel we had a lump of wax and a couple of pins and we had to be content.
Source: When I Was Your Age... -
Their influences (as listed on their myspace) are "exploding boilers, Bethlehem Royal Hospital and her hilarious inmates, working class revolutionaries, [and] mad bombers with ink-stained cuffs." They even released a wax cylinder edition of some of their songs.
Source: Steam Punk
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