different between hex vs hox

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?ks/
• Rhymes: -?ks

Etymology 1

First attested about 1830, from Pennsylvania German hexe (“to practice witchcraft”), from German hexen (compare Hexe (“witch”)). The noun appeared later, in the 1850s. Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål heks (“witch”) and Dutch heks (“witch”), Dutch beheksen (“to bewitch”), Old English hægtesse (“witch, hag”). Related to hag.

Verb

hex (third-person singular simple present hexes, present participle hexing, simple past and past participle hexed)

1. (transitive) To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch.

Translations

Noun

hex (plural hexes)

1. An evil spell or curse.
2. A witch.
3. (rare) A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).

Derived terms

• hexcraft

Translations

Etymology 2

Short for hexadecimal.

Noun

hex (uncountable)

1. (computing, informal) Clipping of hexadecimal.

Translations

Etymology 3

Short for hexagon.

Noun

hex (plural hexes)

1. A hexagonal space on a game board.
2. (climbing) a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.

Derived terms

• megahex

See also

• (climbing): nut

References

Anagrams

• exh

English

Etymology 1

Noun

hox (plural hoxes)

1. (genetics) Abbreviation of homeobox.

Derived terms

• hox gene

Etymology 2

Verb

hox (third-person singular simple present hoxes, present participle hoxing, simple past and past participle hoxed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.

Synonyms

• hamstring, hock, hough

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:disable

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian ??? (ho?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho?x/

Noun

hox m (Arabic spelling ????)

1. plowed field

   Synonym: beyar

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “hox”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press