kex
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/kɛks/(UK)
Definition of kex
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(dialectal, obsolete)The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants.
“"I suppose you'll want a dish o' tay, or victuals of some sort, hey? […] I should be as dry as kex wi' travelling so far."”
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noun
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(dialectal, obsolete)The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants.
“"I suppose you'll want a dish o' tay, or victuals of some sort, hey? […] I should be as dry as kex wi' travelling so far."”
- (obsolete)A plant having such a stem; a weed, a kecksy.
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(rare)A dry husk or covering.
“On the bedside table a new package of cigarettes and a traveling clock had for neighbor a nicely wrapped box containing the green figurine of a girl skier which shone through the double kix.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English kex. Origin unknown; but compare Welsh cecys (“hollow stalks”) and Welsh cegid (“hemlock”), apparently from the same source as Latin cicūta (“hemlock”).
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