The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch.
A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).
A hexagonal space on a game board.
An evil spell or curse.
A witch.
a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.