faxed

Etymology 1

From Middle English *faxed, from Old English feaxed, ġefeaxed (“haired; having hair”), from Old English feax (“hair”). More at fax.

adj

  1. (obsolete) Having a head of hair; hairy.
    A comet is a ‘faxed’ star, that is, a hairy, a tailed star. But ‘faxed’ got corrupted into ‘fixed’ star during the seventeenth century. 1859, The London review: Volume 11

Etymology 2

From fax (“to send a fax/facsimile”).

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of fax

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