'Kex' definitions:

Definition of 'Kex'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'kex'

From: 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]