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kex
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.] [1913 Webster] Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
