To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.
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.