What is a dry husk or covering. When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying butterfly. Holland called?
kex — A dry husk or covering. When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying butterfly. Holland. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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