taxwax Now dial.
(ˈtækswæks)
Also 9 taxy waxy.
[Var. of paxwax.]
The tendon of the neck: = paxwax.
| 1709 Blair in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 78 From above this Tax-Wax in the Neck, do arise two Muscles. 1713 Derham Phys.-Theol. vi. iii. 362 That strong tendinous and insensible Aponeurosis, or Ligament—Called the Whitleather, Packwax, Taxwax, and Fixfax. 1829 J. Hunter Hallamsh. Gloss., Tax-wax, the tendon of the neck. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk. s.v., Gie the baby that piece o' taxy waxy, it's better than india-rubber. |