Wet, waxed matches are only described as waxed

If a match is both wet and waxed, you only see the wax when examining it. See MATCH-F:

<ROUTINE MATCH-F ("AUX" WAXED)
     <COND (<VERB? EXAMINE>
        <TELL
"It's the wooden, self-lighting variety of match. The " D ,PRSO>
        <COND (<FSET? ,PRSO ,WAXED-BIT>
                       <TELL " head is coated with a thin layer of wax">)
              (<FSET? ,PRSO ,WETBIT>
               <TELL " is wet">)
              (T
               <TELL " is ">
               <COND (<NOT <FSET? ,PRSO ,ONBIT>>
                  <TELL "not ">)>
               <TELL "lit">)>
        <TELL "." CR>)

Though I'm reluctant to add a completely new text here.

the-infocom-files / hollywoodhijinx

Wet, waxed matches are only described as waxed #58