Yex (?), v. i. [OE. [yogh]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.
© Webster 1913.
Yex, n. [AS. geocsa a sobbing, hiccough. Cf. Yex, v. i.]
A hiccough.
[Written also
yox, and
yux.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "The excessive
yex."
Holland.
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