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单词 fix-fax
释义 I. fix-fax1|ˈfɪksfæks|
Also 9 dial. fic-fac, fig-fag.
[See the variant pax-wax.]
The thick tendon in the neck of cattle or sheep.
[c1280W. de Biblesworth in Promp. Parv. 388 Et si ad le wenne (fex wex) au col derere.]c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 444 In þe nek þe fyxfax þat þow do away. [c1500Fr.-Eng. Glossary (Harl. MS. 219, f. 150) in Promp. Parv. 388 Le vendon, the fax wax.]1691Ray Creation (1714) 157 Which aponeurosis is taken notice of by the vulgar by the name of Fixfax—or Packwax.1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1756) I. 317 The Fix-fax of the Neck.1869Lonsdale Gloss., Fixfax.1878Cumbrld. Gloss., Fic-fac, fig-fag.
II. ˈfix-fax2 Sc. Obs. rare—1.
[Onomatopœic; the reduplication expresses hurried and repeated movements; cf. fidfad, Ger. fickfack, etc.]
‘Hurry, the middle of any business’ (Jam.).
1768Ross Helenore ii. 326 When the're just i' the fix fax o' their din.
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