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"text": "The Fleſh of this ſort of [cartilaginous] Fiſh being lax and ſpungy, and nothing ſo firm, ſolid and weighty as that of the bony Fiſhes, and there being a good quantity of Air contained in the Cavity of their Abdomen, they cannot ſink in the Water without letting in ſome of it by theſe Holes (the Orifices whereof are opened and ſhut at pleaſure by the help of Muſcles provided for that purpoſe) into the hollow of their Bellies, whereby they preponderate the Water and deſcend; […]",
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"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/æks",
"Rhymes:English/æks/1 syllable",
"en:Lacrosse",
"en:Personality",
"en:Salmonids",
"enm:Fish",
"sv:Fish",
"xdc:Plants"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "lax bro"
}
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_text": "By replacement of the syllable crosse with the cross-shaped letter x.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "lax (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "ex-lax fish"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2010, Kate Kingsley, Pretty on the Outside, page 79:",
"text": "“I'm not playing lax this term,” Mimah said.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"lacrosse."
],
"links": [
[
"lacrosse",
"lacrosse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) lacrosse."
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/læks/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-lax.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/En-us-lax.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-lax.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/En-au-lax.ogg/En-au-lax.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/En-au-lax.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æks"
},
{
"homophone": "lacs"
},
{
"homophone": "lacks"
},
{
"homophone": "lakhs (one pronunciation)"
}
],
"word": "lax"
}
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