Kex

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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