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hex



Pronunciation: (heks), [key]
—v.t.
to bewitch; practice witchcraft on: He was accused of hexing his neighbors' cows because they suddenly stopped giving milk.

—n.
1. spell; charm: With all this rain, somebody must have put a hex on our picnic.
2. a witch.

hex



Pronunciation: (heks), [key]
—adj. Informal.
1. hexagonal: a bolt with a matching washer and hex nut.
2. hexadecimal (def. 1).

hex.




1. hexagon
2. hexagonal.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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