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单词 taxwax
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taxwaxn.

/ˈtakswaks/
Forms: Also 1800s taxy waxy.
Etymology: Variant of paxwax n.
Now dialect.
The tendon of the neck: = paxwax n.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > types of sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun] > of neck
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1712 P. Blair in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 78 From above this Tax-Wax in the Neck, do arise two Muscles.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. vi. iii. 362 That strong tendinous and insensible Aponeurosis, or Ligament [Note], Called the Whitleather, Packwax, Taxwax, and Fixfax.
1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. Tax-wax, the tendon of the neck.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) Gie the baby that piece o' taxy waxy, it's better than india-rubber.
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