Usually means: Decorative, symbolic emblems on barns.
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  1. hex sign: Merriam-Webster
  2. hex sign: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hex sign: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hex sign: Wiktionary
  5. hex sign: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. hex sign: Dictionary.com
  7. Hex sign: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. hex sign: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (hex sign)

noun:  (US, chiefly Pennsylvania) A geometric design usually consisting of a star or flower placed in a circular field, used by the Fancy Dutch on buildings such as barns, often said to be intended as a ward against evil in former times.
noun:  (Germanic paganism) A protective symbol used in Heathenry comprising a six-petaled flower or star set within a circle, as a New Age adaptation of the above.

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