tax, an onomatopee, expressing the sound of blows, Engl.
whack : tax tax tergo meo erit: non curo, my back will get whack , whack , Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 12 (Ritschl reads tuxtax).
·noun Charge; censure. II. Tax ·noun A lesson to be learned; a task. III. Tax ·noun A charge, espe...
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