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kecks |
1 definition found 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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