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Kex
(gcide) | Kex \Kex\, n. [W. cecys, pl., hollow stalks.]
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1. (Bot.) A weed; a kecksy. --Bp. Gauden.
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Though the rough kex break
The starred mosaic. --Tennyson.
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2. A dry husk or covering.
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When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair
flying butterfly. --Holland.
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kex
(gcide) | Kecksy \Keck"sy\, n.; pl. Kecksies (-s[i^]z). [Properly pl. of
kex. See Kex.] (Bot.)
The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow
parsnip or the hemlock. [Written also kex, and in pl.,
kecks, kaxes.]
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Nothing teems
But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs.
--Shak.
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Kex
(gcide) | Kex \Kex\, n. [W. cecys, pl., hollow stalks.]
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1. (Bot.) A weed; a kecksy. --Bp. Gauden.
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Though the rough kex break
The starred mosaic. --Tennyson.
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2. A dry husk or covering.
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When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair
flying butterfly. --Holland.
[1913 Webster]Kecksy \Keck"sy\, n.; pl. Kecksies (-s[i^]z). [Properly pl. of
kex. See Kex.] (Bot.)
The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow
parsnip or the hemlock. [Written also kex, and in pl.,
kecks, kaxes.]
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Nothing teems
But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs.
--Shak.
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