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English Dictionary: Yex by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yex \Yex\, v. i. [OE. [f4]exen, yesken, AS. giscian to sob.]
      To hiccough. [Written also {yox}, {yux}.] [Obs. or Prov.
      Eng.]
  
               He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yex \Yex\, n. [AS. geocsa a sobbing, hiccough. Cf. {Yex}, v. i.]
      A hiccough. [Written also {yox}, and {yux}.] [Obs. or Prov.
      Eng.] [bd]The excessive yex.[b8] --Holland.
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