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   Kecksy (?), n.; pl. Kecksies (-sĭz). [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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   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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