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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.] 
 
  Nothing  teems  But  hateful  docks,  rough  thistles, 
  kecksies,  burs.  --Shak. 

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