Kex \Kex\, n. [W. cecys, pl., hollow stalks.]
1. (Bot.) A weed; a kecksy. --Bp. Gauden.
Though the rough kex break The starred mosaic.
--Tennyson.
2. A dry husk or covering.
When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair
flying butterfly. --Holland.