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单词 fix-fax
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fix-faxn.1

Brit. /ˈfɪksfaks/, U.S. /ˈfɪksˌfæks/
Forms: Also 1800s dialect fic-fac, fig-fag.
Etymology: See the variant paxwax n.
The thick tendon in the neck of cattle or sheep.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of
sueta1325
oxblood?1440
fix-faxc1460
ox-head1474
nache?1523
ox-hoof1601
ox-pith1604
flank-piece1611
ox-eye1688
web1778
razorback1844
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > (parts of) jaw or neck
fix-faxc1460
wattle1725
scrag1842
c1280 W. de Biblesworth in Promptorium Parvulorum 388 Et si ad le wenne (fex wex) au col derere.]
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 444 In þe nek þe fyxfax þat þow do away.
c1500 Fr.-Eng. Glossary (Harl. 219, f. 150) in Promptorium Parvulorum 388 Le vendon, the fax wax.]
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 150 Which Aponeurosis is taken notice of by the Vulgar by the name of Fixfax, or Packwax.
1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xxxviii. 540 The Fix-fax of the Neck.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Fixfax.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Fic-fac, fig-fag.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fix-faxn.2

Etymology: Onomatopoeic; the reduplication expresses hurried and repeated movements; compare fidfad n. and adj., German fickfack, etc.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
‘Hurry, the middle of any business’ (Jamieson).
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss
to-doc1330
adoc1380
great (also much) cry and little woolc1460
feery-fary1535
fray1568
stirc1595
do1598
coil1599
hurl1603
ruffle1609
clutterment1611
buzz1628
bustle1637
paddle1642
racket1644
clutter1652
tracas1656
tracasserie1656
circumference1667
flutter1667
hurly-burly1678
fuss1701
fissle1719
fraise1725
hurry-scurry1753
fix-fax1768
fal-lal1775
widdle1789
touse1792
fuffle1801
going-on1817
hurry and scurry1823
sputter1823
tew1825
Bob's-a-dying1829
fidge1832
tamasha1842
mulling1845
mussing1846
fettling1847
fooster1847
trade1854
scrimmage1855
carry-on1861
fuss-and-feathers1866
on-carry1870
make-a-do1880
miration1883
razzle-dazzle1885
song and dance1885
to get a rustle on1891
tea-party1903
stirabout1905
whoop-de-do1910
chichi1928
production1941
go-go1966
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 326 When the're just i' the fix fax o' their din.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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