Hex

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

hex
    adj 1: of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base
           [syn: {hexadecimal}, {hex}]
    n 1: an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family";
         "he put the whammy on me" [syn: {hex}, {jinx}, {curse},
         {whammy}]
    v 1: cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on
         someone or something [syn: {hex}, {bewitch}, {glamour},
         {witch}, {enchant}, {jinx}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hex- \Hex-\, Hexa \Hex"a\ [Gr. "e`x six. See {Six}.]
   A prefix or combining form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.;
   as, hexatomic, hexabasic.
   [1913 Webster]

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

hex
 n.

   1. Short for {hexadecimal}, base 16.

   2. A 6-pack of anything (compare {quad}, sense 2). Neither usage has
   anything to do with {magic} or {black art}, though the pun is
   appreciated and occasionally used by hackers. True story: As a joke,
   some hackers once offered some surplus ICs for sale to be worn as
   protective amulets against hostile magic. The chips were, of course,
   hex inverters.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

hex

   1. {hexadecimal}.

   2. A 6-pack of anything (compare {quad}).  Neither usage has
   anything to do with {magic} or {black art}, though the pun is
   appreciated and occasionally used by hackers.  True story: As
   a joke, some hackers once offered some surplus ICs for sale to
   be worn as protective amulets against hostile magic.  The
   chips were, of course, hex inverters.

   3. <character> The {hash} character, used to introduce
   {hexadecimal} constants in some {assembly languages}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-03-06)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

118 Moby Thesaurus words for "hex":
      Jonah, Weird Sisters, abuse, accurse, afflict, aggrieve, anathema,
      anathematize, bad influence, ban, bedevil, befoul, bewitch,
      blaspheme, blasphemy, blast, blight, bring bad luck, cantrip,
      charm, commination, condemn, confound, corrupt, coven, crucify,
      curse, damage, damn, damnation, darn, defile, demonize,
      denunciation, deprave, despoil, destroy, diabolize, disadvantage,
      disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong,
      do wrong by, doom, enchant, enchantment, enchantress, envenom,
      evil eye, evil genius, evil star, excommunicate, excommunication,
      execrate, execration, exorcism, fulminate against, fulmination,
      get into trouble, glamour, hag, harass, harm, hoodoo, hurt,
      ill wind, impair, imprecate, imprecation, infect, injure, jinx,
      lamia, magic spell, malevolent influence, malison, malocchio,
      maltreat, menace, mistreat, molest, obsess, outrage, overlook,
      persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute,
      possess, prejudice, proscription, savage, scathe, shamaness,
      sorceress, spell, taint, threaten, throw a whammy, thunder against,
      thundering, torment, torture, violate, voodoo, wanga, weird,
      whammy, witch, witchwife, witchwoman, wound, wreak havoc on,
      wrong