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De - Pt| English Dictionary: kex | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Kex \Kex\, n. [W. cecys, pl., hollow stalks.] 1. (Bot.) A weed; a kecksy. --Bp. Gauden. Though the rough kex break The starred mosaic. --Tennyson. 2. A dry husk or covering. When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying butterfly. --Holland. | |
