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Webster 1913 Edition


Kex

Kex

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Kex

KEX

,
Noun.
Hemlock; the stem of the teasel; a dry stalk. [See Kecksy.]