"paraffine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paraffines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} paraffine (countable and uncountable, plural paraffines)
  1. Dated form of paraffin. Tags: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable Alternative form of: paraffin
    Sense id: en-paraffine-en-noun-DWbZyOyP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Verb

Forms: paraffines [present, singular, third-person], paraffining [participle, present], paraffined [participle, past], paraffined [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} paraffine (third-person singular simple present paraffines, present participle paraffining, simple past and past participle paraffined)
  1. Dated form of paraffin. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: paraffin
    Sense id: en-paraffine-en-verb-DWbZyOyP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Inflected forms

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