Kex

Kex
Kex Kex, n. [W. cecys, pl., hollow stalks.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A weed; a kecksy. --Bp. Gauden. [1913 Webster]

Though the rough kex break The starred mosaic. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

2. A dry husk or covering. [1913 Webster]

When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying butterfly. --Holland. [1913 Webster]


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