paxwaxn.

Brit.

/ˈpakswaks/, U.S.

/ˈpæksˌwæks/

Forms:

α. Middle English faxwax, Middle English fexwax.

β. late Middle English pascwax, late Middle English paswax, late Middle English 1600s 1800s– paxwax, 1500s pixwex, 1600s paxwaxe, 1600s–1800s packwax, 1800s paxywaxy, 1900s– paswak.

N.E.D. (1904) also records a form late Middle English paxwex.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fax n.¹, wax n.²

Etymology: < fax n.¹ + wax n.² Compare fix-fax n.¹ The reason for the alteration shown by the initial consonant in the β forms is unclear.Compare Middle High German hārwahs sinew, tendon (German †Haarwachs ), although it is unclear whether the first element was originally Haar hair n. or a word for flax (compare Old High German haru, Middle High German har), and also (with a first element of unknown origin) Old High German waltowahso nerve, sinew, tendon (Middle High German waltewahse, waltewahs). Compare also Middle Dutch geel haar tendon, literally ‘yellow hair’.

Now English regional.

The thick elastic ligament supporting the back of the skull, esp. in a domestic quadruped; the nuchal ligament.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > other parts

paxwaxa1325

testis1681

leaf1819

Harderian gland1822

fair-hair1825

ovarian follicle1834

Graafian follicle1841

thyro-hyal1854

Gartner's canal1874

admaxillary1896

baculum1939

the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > types of sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun] > of neck

paxwaxa1325

taxwax1712

trapezoid1795

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [noun] > hoofed animal > parts of > tendon supporting head

paxwaxa1325

whitleather1692

α.

a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Cambr.) (1929) 77 (MED) E si ad derere le wen au col [glossed] fax-wax [v.r. fex wax].

c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 3* Col venoun et fossolet, Nekke faxwax and nekkehole.

β. ?c1400 in A. Way Promptorium Parvulorum 388 Delle..helpeþ for brussures of þe paxwax and of þe brawn.?c1400 in A. Way Promptorium Parvulorum 388 It [sc. Galbanum] is gode for..þe shote in þe lacertys, i. in þe paswaxis. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 388 (MED) Paxwax, synewe.1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. G.ii There be three maner of fleshes in the necke: the first is [called] Pixwex or Seruisis.1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. iii. 219 This [sinew] of the common Farriers is called pax-waxe.a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) viii. 146 Words of no general reception in England but of common use in Norfolk, or peculiar to the East Angle Countries; as, Bawnd, Bunny, Thurck,..Paxwax.1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) Pref. sig. A12 Paxwax..is a word not confined to Norfolk or Suffolk, but far spread over England; used to my knowledge in Oxfordshire.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, or Whit-leather.1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. vi. iii. 362 That strong..Ligament..Called the Whiteleather, Packwax,..and Fixfax.1844 W. B. Carpenter Animal Physiol. i. 33 The ligament of the neck of many quadrupeds, commonly known as the paxy-waxy.1865 W. S. Banks List Provinc. Words Wakefield 52 As tough as pax-wax.1874 E. Waugh Jannock ix. 95 He looks as if he wur a' bone an' pax-wax.1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 20th Cent. (ed. 2) 59 Pax wax, the tendon or ligament in a neck of mutton.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paxwax
释义	paxwaxn. Brit. /ˈpakswaks/, U.S. /ˈpæksˌwæks/ Forms: α. Middle English faxwax, Middle English fexwax. β. late Middle English pascwax, late Middle English paswax, late Middle English 1600s 1800s– paxwax, 1500s pixwex, 1600s paxwaxe, 1600s–1800s packwax, 1800s paxywaxy, 1900s– paswak. N.E.D. (1904) also records a form late Middle English paxwex. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fax n.¹, wax n.² Etymology: < fax n.¹ + wax n.² Compare fix-fax n.¹ The reason for the alteration shown by the initial consonant in the β forms is unclear.Compare Middle High German hārwahs sinew, tendon (German †Haarwachs ), although it is unclear whether the first element was originally Haar hair n. or a word for flax (compare Old High German haru, Middle High German har), and also (with a first element of unknown origin) Old High German waltowahso nerve, sinew, tendon (Middle High German waltewahse, waltewahs). Compare also Middle Dutch geel haar tendon, literally ‘yellow hair’. Now English regional. The thick elastic ligament supporting the back of the skull, esp. in a domestic quadruped; the nuchal ligament. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > other parts paxwaxa1325 testis1681 leaf1819 Harderian gland1822 fair-hair1825 ovarian follicle1834 Graafian follicle1841 thyro-hyal1854 Gartner's canal1874 admaxillary1896 baculum1939 the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > types of sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun] > of neck paxwaxa1325 taxwax1712 trapezoid1795 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [noun] > hoofed animal > parts of > tendon supporting head paxwaxa1325 whitleather1692 α. a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Cambr.) (1929) 77 (MED) E si ad derere le wen au col [glossed] fax-wax [v.r. fex wax]. c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 3* Col venoun et fossolet, Nekke faxwax and nekkehole. β. ?c1400 in A. Way Promptorium Parvulorum 388 Delle..helpeþ for brussures of þe paxwax and of þe brawn.?c1400 in A. Way Promptorium Parvulorum 388 It [sc. Galbanum] is gode for..þe shote in þe lacertys, i. in þe paswaxis. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 388 (MED) Paxwax, synewe.1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. G.ii There be three maner of fleshes in the necke: the first is [called] Pixwex or Seruisis.1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. iii. 219 This [sinew] of the common Farriers is called pax-waxe.a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) viii. 146 Words of no general reception in England but of common use in Norfolk, or peculiar to the East Angle Countries; as, Bawnd, Bunny, Thurck,..Paxwax.1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) Pref. sig. A12 Paxwax..is a word not confined to Norfolk or Suffolk, but far spread over England; used to my knowledge in Oxfordshire.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, or Whit-leather.1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. vi. iii. 362 That strong..Ligament..Called the Whiteleather, Packwax,..and Fixfax.1844 W. B. Carpenter Animal Physiol. i. 33 The ligament of the neck of many quadrupeds, commonly known as the paxy-waxy.1865 W. S. Banks List Provinc. Words Wakefield 52 As tough as pax-wax.1874 E. Waugh Jannock ix. 95 He looks as if he wur a' bone an' pax-wax.1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 20th Cent. (ed. 2) 59 Pax wax, the tendon or ligament in a neck of mutton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1325
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