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paxwax
[ paks-waks ]
/ ˈpæksˌwæks /
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noun British Dialect.
the neck ligament; nuchal ligament.
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Origin of paxwax
1400–50; late Middle English, alteration of Middle English fax wax literally, hair growth (compare Old English feax hair, weaxan to grow; see wax2); compare German Haarwachs sinew, literally, hair growth
Words nearby paxwax
Paxman, Paxos, Pax Romana, Paxton, pax vobiscum, paxwax, pay, payable, pay a call, pay a compliment, pay-and-display
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How to use paxwax in a sentence
Whitleather, hwit′leth-ėr, n. leather dressed with alum, white leather: the paxwax or nuchal ligament of the ox.
Paxwax, paks′waks, n. the strong tendon in the neck of animals.
British Dictionary definitions for paxwax
paxwax
/ (ˈpæksˌwæks) /
noun
dialect a strong ligament in the neck of many mammals, which supports the head
Word Origin for paxwax
C15: changed from C14 fax wax, probably from Old English feax hair of the head, wax growth
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