kecks¹, kecksy see kex

kex /keks/

1. (also kecks, and (false singulars) keck, kecksˈy or keksˈye) a dry, often hollow, herbaceous (usu umbelliferous) stalk
2. Any tall umbelliferous plant

• hold the line
• hold the ring
• hold the road
• hold to
• hold to account
• hold together
• hold to ransom
• hold up
• hold-up
• hold up one's head
• hold-ups
• hold water
• hold with
• hold with the hare and run with the hounds
• hold your horses
• hole
• hole-and-corner
• hole card
• hole cards
• holed
• hole in one
• hole in the heart
• hole in the wall
• hole-in-the-wall
• hole out