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English Dictionary: kecks by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kecksy \Keck"sy\, n.; pl. {Kecksies} (-s[icr]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}.]
  
               Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles,
               kecksies, burs.                                       --Shak.
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