different between wex vs hex

English

Verb

wex (third-person singular simple present wexes, present participle wexing, simple past and past participle wexed)

1. Obsolete form of wax.
   • 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis

     The sun but seem'd the lab'rer of their year;
     Each wexing moon supply'd her wat'ry store.

Anagrams

• EXW

Middle English

Noun

wex

1. Alternative form of wax (“wax”)

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