exies
/ˈɛksiːz/ /ˈɛksɪz/(also aixes) Scottish and English regional (northern ). Now rare
noun
Originally: the disease ague (malaria). Later also (in extended use): hysterics; great excitement.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Alexander Montgomerie (c1550–1598), poet and courtier. Originally a northern and Scots variant of access. In later use apparently apprehended as plural.
- smoke-filled
- smoke-filled rooms
- smoke-free
- smoke-ho
- smokehouse
- smokejumper
- smokeless
- smokeless tobacco
- smokeless zone
- smoke like a chimney
- smoke night
- smoker
- smoke ring
- smoke room
- smoker's cough
- smokescreen
- smoke shop
- smoke signal
- smokestack
- smokestack industry
- smoke-stained
- smokestone
- smoke tree
- smoke tunnel
- smokey