单词 | taxwax |
释义 | taxwaxn. Now dialect. The tendon of the neck: = paxwax n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > types of sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun] > of neck paxwaxa1325 taxwax1712 trapezoid1795 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1712 |
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