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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

YEX, n. A hiccough. [Little used.]
YEX, v.i. To hiccough.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.