a. Obs. exc. dial. Also 7 kecksie, 9 dial. kecksy, kiskie. [f. KEX + -Y. Cf. KECKY.] Like a kex; dry and brittle; withered, sapless.
1608. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. iv. IV. Schisme, 396. Thou … Shalt play no longer thy proud Kingling’s Part On such a Kixey stage.
1653. A. Wilson, Jas. I., 159. His kecksie carkass was made to ride … with his face to the horse tail.
1660. H. More, Myst. Godl., VI. x. 240. The Earth … will become more kexy, and loose of its Solidity.
a. 1825. Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Kisky, dry, juiceless, husky.
1884. Cheshire Gloss., s.v., Celery, when it is inclined to run up to stalks, would be called ‘very kecksy.’
