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Webster 1913 Edition

faxed

faxed

(făkst)
,
Adj.
[AS.
feaxede
haired, fr.
feax
hair. Cf.
Paxwax
.]
Hairy.
[Obs.]
amden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Faxed

FAX'ED

,
Adj.
Hairy. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

faxed

faxed

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

faxed ‎(comparative more faxed, superlative most faxed)

  1. (obsolete) Having a head of hair; hairy.
    • 1859, The London review: Volume 11:
      A comet is a ‘faxed’ star, that is, a hairy, a tailed star. But ‘faxed’ got corrupted into ‘fixed’ star during the seventeenth century.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From fax ‎(“to send a fax/facsimile”).

Verb

faxed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of fax

Etymology

From Middle English *faxed, from Old English feaxed, ġefeaxed ‎(“haired, having hair”), from feax ‎(“hair”). More at fax.

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