paxwax

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25
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26
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6

Definition of paxwax

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (no-plural, obsolete)A strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds, connecting the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae; the nuchal ligament.

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Etymology

From Middle English paxwax, a modification of faxwax (“nuchal ligament”), from fax (“head hair”) + waxen (“to grow”). See wax (“to grow”), and compare faxed.

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