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▪ 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. |