2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yex  \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. 
 
  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.]  ``The  excessive  yex.''  --Holland. 

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