hex (noun)

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• hex sign — noun see hex mark * * * any of various magical symbols of usually stylized design, as those painted on barns by the Pennsylvania Dutch for protection against evil spirits and now sometimes used for purely decorative purposes. Also called hex mark …   Useful english dictionary

• hex key — noun A hex head wrench. Syn: Allen key, Allen wrench, hex head wrench See Also: Allen screw, Allen bolt …   Wiktionary

• hex — [ heks ] noun count an evil SPELL (=magic words that make someone have very bad luck): CURSE ╾ hex verb transitive …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• hex — (v.) 1830, Amer.Eng., from Pennsylvania German hexe to practice witchcraft, from Ger. hexen to hex, related to Hexe witch, from M.H.G. hecse, hexse, from O.H.G. hagazussa (see HAG (Cf. hag)). Noun meaning magic spell is first recorded 1909;… …   Etymology dictionary

• hex|a|chord — «HEHK suh krd», noun. Music. 1. a diatonic series of six tones which, in medieval music, had an interval of a half step between the third and fourth and of whole steps between the others. 2. an instrument having six strings. ╂[< Late Greek… …   Useful english dictionary

• hex|act — «HEHK sakt», adjective, noun. –adj. having six rays. –n. a sponge spicule having six rays. ╂[< hex + Greek aktís ray] …   Useful english dictionary

• hex|ad — «HEHK sad», noun. 1. a series of six; a group of six. 2. Chemistry. an element, atom, or radical with a valence of six. ╂[< Greek hexás, ádos (a group of) six, the number six < héx six] …   Useful english dictionary

• hex|a|em|er|on — «HEHK suh EHM uhr on», noun. 1. the six days of the Creation of the world. 2. a history of the period, such as the one in Genesis. 3. a treatise on the Biblical account of Creation. Also, hexahemeron. ╂[< Late Latin hexaēmeron < Greek hexa …   Useful english dictionary

• hex|a|gon — «HEHK suh gon», noun. a plane figure having six angles and six sides. ╂[< Latin hexagōnum < Greek hexágōnon, neuter of hexágōnos hexagonal, ultimately < héx six + gōníā angle] …   Useful english dictionary

• hex|a|he|dron — «HEHK suh HEE druhn», noun, plural drons, dra « druh». a solid figure having six faces. ╂[< Greek hexáedron, neuter of hexáedros < hexa (< héx six) + hédrā base, surface] …   Useful english dictionary

• hex|am|e|ter — «hehk SAM uh tuhr», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a line of poetry consisting of six feet or measures. Example: “This is the/ for est pri/ me val. The/ mur muring/ pines and the/ hem locks.” 2. (in Greek and Latin epic poetry) a line of six feet, of… …   Useful english dictionary