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Webster 1913 Edition


Yex

Yex

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
ȝexen
,
yesken
, AS.
giscian
to sob.]
To hiccough.
[Written also
yox
,
yux
.]
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
He
yexeth
and he speaketh through the nose.
Chaucer.

Yex

,
Noun.
[AS.
geocsa
a sobbing, hiccough. Cf.
Yex
,
Verb.
I.
]
A hiccough.
[Written also
yox
, and
yux
.]
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
“The excessive yex.”
Holland.

Webster 1828 Edition


Yex

YEX

,
Noun.
A hiccough. [Little used.]

YEX

,
Verb.
I.
To hiccough.

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yex

yex

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yex (third-person singular simple present yexes, present participle yexing, simple past and past participle yexed)

  1. (archaic) Hiccup.
  2. (archaic) Belch or burp.

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