kexn.

Brit.

/kɛks/, U.S.

/kɛks/

Forms: α. Middle English– kex, 1500s–1600s kexe, 1500s keckes, 1700s kecks, (1800s dialect kesk, kesh). β. Middle English–1500s kyx, 1500s–1700s kix(e, (1500s kickes, kykkes, 1800s dialect gix, gicks, kish). See also keck n., kecksy n., casshe n.

Etymology: Origin unknown; Welsh cecys plural, sometimes cited as the source, is no doubt from English.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

a. The dry, usually hollow, stem of various herbaceous plants, esp. of large umbelliferous plants, such as Cow Parsnip, Wild Chervil, and Marsh Angelica.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > hollow stem or kex

kex1377

bunc1440

quill1440

bun-wand1588

kecksya1616

kedlock1694

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvii. 219 Glowande gledes gladieth nouȝte þis werkmen..As doth a kex [C. xx. 185 kyx] or a candel þat cauȝte hath fyre & blaseth.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 277/2 Kyx, or bunne, or drye weed, calamus.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 235/2 Keckes of humblockes, tviav.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 236/1 Kickes the drie stalke of humlockes or burres, tvyav.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 177^v Take a peece of a Reede, or a Kex.

1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet C iv Elders they may bee, which being fullest of spungie pith, proue euer the driest kixes.

1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 74 The Stalkes are as hollow as a Kix, and so are the Roots.

1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. A4 Upon the Battlements of the Castle [of pastry] were planted Guns made of Kexes.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 257 Taking for our support a withered kecks instead of the staff of life.

1842 J. Y. Akerman Gloss. Provinc. Words Wilts. Gix, the dry stalks of hemlock.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xvii. 214 I should be as dry as a kex wi' travelling so far.

†b. Without a: collectively, or as a material.In some cases perhaps taken as plural of keck n. a form which was probably evolved from this collective sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > hollow stem or kex > collectively

kex1550

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > straw > types of

stubble1382

rye straw?1523

kex1550

helm1669

broom-straw1785

Leghorn1817

Tuscan grass1830

buntal1910

baku1927

sisal1928

1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes lxv. sig. Bvi^v Of kyks for cage woorke to builde thy house hye.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 199 The stalke is rounde, smooth and hollow, like to Kexe or Casshes.

1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Marriage iv, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IX. 534 Ilf. Dost not know me, butler? But. For kex, dried kex.

1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 7 You're so thin, a Body may see through you, and as dry as a Kecks.

2. An umbelliferous plant with a hollow stalk.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > an umbellifer > with a hollow stalk

kex1578

kecka1624

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. xxiii. 306 Sagapenum is the sap or gumme of a kinde of Ferula or kix.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1003 They are commonly found in Kexes, or Asse Parsly in the summer time.

1755 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 29/1 Cicuta. Common Hemlock, or Kex.

1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 118 Kex, or water-parsnip,..grows in rivers and fens, is very noxious to cattle; also the lesser Kex called upright water-parsnip, in rivers and ditches.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 68 Tho' the rough kex break The starr'd mosaic.

1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate vii. 136 Cutting a dry ‘gicks’ so that it should be open at either end, like a tube.

†3. The husk, sheath, or hard case of a chrysalis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > pupa or chrysalis > case or puparium

kexc1600

theca1665

ring-coffin1702

coffin1712

puparium1815

pupa case1826

hull1878

c1600 Holland When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying butterfly.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 371/1 Kex, or husk of Worms.

†4. figurative. A dried-up sapless person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > ugly person

hog's face1578

kex1619

troll1697

singed cat1836

ogre1843

plug-ugly1862

partan-face1895

bad looker1898

snout-face1923

Mr Potato Head1952

mieskeit1968

fuglya1970

grot1970

minger1992

1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King v. sig. K3^v Ile make these withered Kexes beare my bodie Two houres together aboue ground.

1659 Lady Alimony ii. v. sig. D4 Flo. The issue, Madam! Med. None, nor ever shall With that seer suckless Kex.

1709 Brit. Apollo 28–30 Sept. If a weighty Boss She, And a slender Kecks He.

a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. xiii. 360 I'll follow glorious Edmund to his Urn, The Embers of his Fire this Kix will burn.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kex
释义	kexn. Brit. /kɛks/, U.S. /kɛks/ Forms: α. Middle English– kex, 1500s–1600s kexe, 1500s keckes, 1700s kecks, (1800s dialect kesk, kesh). β. Middle English–1500s kyx, 1500s–1700s kix(e, (1500s kickes, kykkes, 1800s dialect gix, gicks, kish). See also keck n., kecksy n., casshe n. Etymology: Origin unknown; Welsh cecys plural, sometimes cited as the source, is no doubt from English. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. a. The dry, usually hollow, stem of various herbaceous plants, esp. of large umbelliferous plants, such as Cow Parsnip, Wild Chervil, and Marsh Angelica. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > hollow stem or kex kex1377 bunc1440 quill1440 bun-wand1588 kecksya1616 kedlock1694 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvii. 219 Glowande gledes gladieth nouȝte þis werkmen..As doth a kex [C. xx. 185 kyx] or a candel þat cauȝte hath fyre & blaseth. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 277/2 Kyx, or bunne, or drye weed, calamus. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 235/2 Keckes of humblockes, tviav. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 236/1 Kickes the drie stalke of humlockes or burres, tvyav. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 177^v Take a peece of a Reede, or a Kex. 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet C iv Elders they may bee, which being fullest of spungie pith, proue euer the driest kixes. 1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 74 The Stalkes are as hollow as a Kix, and so are the Roots. 1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. A4 Upon the Battlements of the Castle [of pastry] were planted Guns made of Kexes. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 257 Taking for our support a withered kecks instead of the staff of life. 1842 J. Y. Akerman Gloss. Provinc. Words Wilts. Gix, the dry stalks of hemlock. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xvii. 214 I should be as dry as a kex wi' travelling so far. †b. Without a: collectively, or as a material.In some cases perhaps taken as plural of keck n. a form which was probably evolved from this collective sense. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > hollow stem or kex > collectively kex1550 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > straw > types of stubble1382 rye straw?1523 kex1550 helm1669 broom-straw1785 Leghorn1817 Tuscan grass1830 buntal1910 baku1927 sisal1928 1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes lxv. sig. Bvi^v Of kyks for cage woorke to builde thy house hye. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 199 The stalke is rounde, smooth and hollow, like to Kexe or Casshes. 1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Marriage iv, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IX. 534 Ilf. Dost not know me, butler? But. For kex, dried kex. 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 7 You're so thin, a Body may see through you, and as dry as a Kecks. 2. An umbelliferous plant with a hollow stalk. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > an umbellifer > with a hollow stalk kex1578 kecka1624 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. xxiii. 306 Sagapenum is the sap or gumme of a kinde of Ferula or kix. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1003 They are commonly found in Kexes, or Asse Parsly in the summer time. 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 29/1 Cicuta. Common Hemlock, or Kex. 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 118 Kex, or water-parsnip,..grows in rivers and fens, is very noxious to cattle; also the lesser Kex called upright water-parsnip, in rivers and ditches. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 68 Tho' the rough kex break The starr'd mosaic. 1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate vii. 136 Cutting a dry ‘gicks’ so that it should be open at either end, like a tube. †3. The husk, sheath, or hard case of a chrysalis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > pupa or chrysalis > case or puparium kexc1600 theca1665 ring-coffin1702 coffin1712 puparium1815 pupa case1826 hull1878 c1600 Holland When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying butterfly. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 371/1 Kex, or husk of Worms. †4. figurative. A dried-up sapless person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > ugly person hog's face1578 kex1619 troll1697 singed cat1836 ogre1843 plug-ugly1862 partan-face1895 bad looker1898 snout-face1923 Mr Potato Head1952 mieskeit1968 fuglya1970 grot1970 minger1992 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King v. sig. K3^v Ile make these withered Kexes beare my bodie Two houres together aboue ground. 1659 Lady Alimony ii. v. sig. D4 Flo. The issue, Madam! Med. None, nor ever shall With that seer suckless Kex. 1709 Brit. Apollo 28–30 Sept. If a weighty Boss She, And a slender Kecks He. a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. xiii. 360 I'll follow glorious Edmund to his Urn, The Embers of his Fire this Kix will burn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1377
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