Kex

keks, s a dry stalk of hemlock or other plant. Key, keo, s. an instrument to shut or open a lock; that or by which something is screwed or turned; the central stone of an arch which binds it [Arch.]; a little lever or piece in the fore part, by which the fingers play on an instrument; the fundamental note or tone, to to which a piece of music is accommodated; that which serves to explain anything difficult to be understood; a solution; a translation; a ledge of wood let into the back of another acro the grain, to prevent warping [Carp.] (Sax.): v.a. to fasten with a key [Mech.] The power of the keys the authority, a umed exclusively by the Pope, but, exercised by the clergy of all churches, to grant or withhold church privilege and fellowship [Eccles. The key ofa position, a position the occupancy of which secures the po e ion of a district of country [Mil.] (A.S. cæg). water. See Quay.