10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PACKWAX»
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
See Hone'sYearbook, 321. PAXWAX, the strong tendon intheneck of animals. (E.
) Still commonprovincially; also called paxywaxy, packwax, faxwax, fixfax. ME.
paxwax,Prompt. Parv.;see Way's note.Hequotes: 'Le vendon, the faxwax,' MS.
Harl.
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The Union Dictionary: Containing All that Truly Useful in ...
Add. Packwax, pik'w='iks. s. the apoiieuroses on the sides of the neck. Ray. Pact,
pikt. e. a contract, a bargain, a covenant. Bacon. Paction, péklshiin. s. a bargain,
a covenant. Hayw. Pactitious, pik-tish'lis. a. settled by covenant. Pad, pid. s. a ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Corrupted pox, q.v. OED. paxwax; occ. pax-wax, packwax. The nuchal (nape of
the neck) ligament: from late M.E.: S.E. until ca. 1850, then coll. and dial. A C.19-
20 var. is paxy-waxy; a late C.17-early 18 one is fixfax, which is a 501. (OED).—2.
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Physico-theology, Or, A Demonstration of the Being and ...
8. i (b) As in Moles and Stvine, in Ch. %□ Note {a). (c) Called the Whitehather,
Packwax, Taxwa*, and F»*- Y z Neck, J Neck* that would otherwise be wearied
by being ib long. Chap-IIL The Necks of Quadrupeds. m.
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Etymons of English words
Pwx, v. a. 1. from the noun ; to bind up for carriage, to unite in bad designs, to sort
cards or place them for unfair purposes. 2. To dismiss in a hurry, to send awa
bodily, to bundle off; Swed. pac/ra ,- D. pakke; . packen. PACKWAX, .r. a tendon
of ...
John THOMSON (M.R.I. and A.S.), 1826
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Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : ...
... from TMx»5) ' thick,') Polysarcia adiposa. PACHYTES, (naXprtK, ' thiokness,')
Pacheable- pharosis. PACINIAN CORPUSCLES, (after Pacini,) see Corpuscles.
PACKING, OF THE HYDROPATHISTS; fimaillotitge. PACKWAX, see Nucha. PAD
...
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First lessons in human physiology: to which are added brief ...
It sometimes goes by the name of Packwax. 106. It has a white, glistening
appearance, and is very smooth and slippery. It has various shapes adapted to
its different situations. Sometimes it is formed in long, slender strings ; sometimes
in short ...
John Hoskins Griscom, 1846
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An elementary treatise on human anatomy
The upper extremity, usually waxy ; paxwax ; packwax ; faxwax ; tax- described
as distinct, with the names wax ; lig. cervical ; descending ligament apparatus
ligamentosus, membrana liga- of Diemerbroeck. uentosa, and occipito-axoidean
...
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The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
Packsaddle, Packthread, Packwax. ... bind up parcels : a packhorse is, a horse of
burden ; a horse used for carrying packs : pack- saddle and packthread a saddle
and thread, used to carry and tie up packages : packwax, an animal secretion.
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The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the Creation: ...
... as for Example, the seventh, or suspensory Muscle of the Eye, the nictating
Membrane, the strong Aponeurofes on the sides of the Neck, call'd by some
Packwax, it is very remarkable that these Parts are of eminent and constant Use
to them, ...
