hex

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an evil spell, bringing bad luck and trouble:

put a hex on informal Someone's put a hex on my computer this morning - it keeps crashing.

Children's stories tell of witches who cast hexes and fly on broomsticks.

to put an evil spell on someone or something in order to bring them bad luck and trouble:

I think I've been hexed.

The team claimed it lost the competition because it was hexed by psychics hired by its rivals.

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Pry off the circular plastic insert on top of the enclosure and remove the hex nut.

You will need a hex wrench or a power tool with hexagonal bits.

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A hex (hexadecimal) key is a mixture of numbers and letters from AF and 09.

All hex digits are required to be lower case.