WHAT DOES EX MEAN?

All ex-all ex ante ex-cap ex dock ex quay ex quay adverb, at ex quay ex ship See all meanings term with the working day Am I misreading or is there a sentence that, if inserted, would make it extra obvious to slower souls like myself? I am Ex sensing the important lies in leuyth which I am guessing being a conjugation of lay... Or am I totally off