kecksy Chiefly dial.
(ˈkɛksɪ)
Also 7 keksy, 9 kicksey, kexy, gicksy.
[f. kecks, kex, prob. by taking the pl. kexes as = kexies.]
= kex, a hollow plant-stem.
| 1599 Shakes. Hen. V, v. ii. 52 Hatefull Docks, rough Thistles, Keksyes, Burres. 1800 J. Hurdis Fav. Village 109 Thou..frost, that in a night..covers the lake, E'en to the kicksey vulnerable. 1816 Coleridge Lay Serm. in Biog. Lit. (1882) 326 Among other odd burrs and kecksies. 1825 Britton Beauties Wilts. III. (E.D.S.), Kecks, Kecksy. 1886 S.W. Linc. Gloss. s.v. Kex, As dry as an old kecksy. |