Pyx \Pyx\, v. t. To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. [Eng.]

--Mushet. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Pyx \Pyx\, n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. pyxi`s a box, especially of boxwood, fr. py`xos the box tree or boxwood. See Box a receptacle.]

[Written also pix.]

1. (R. C. Ch.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved. [1913 Webster]

2. A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint. --Mushet. [1913 Webster]

3. (Naut.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. --Weale. [1913 Webster]

4. (Anat.) Same as Pyxis. [1913 Webster]

Pyx cloth (R. C. Ch.), a veil of silk or lace covering the pyx.

Trial of the pyx, the annual testing, in the English mint, of the standard of gold and silver coins. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

pyx

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Pyx \Pyx\, n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. pyxi`s a box, especially of boxwood, fr. py`xos the box tree or boxwood. See Box a receptacle.]

[Written also pix.]

1. (R. C. Ch.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.

2. A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint. --Mushet.

3. (Naut.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. --Weale.

4. (Anat.) Same as Pyxis.

Pyx cloth (R. C. Ch.), a veil of silk or lace covering the pyx.

Trial of the pyx, the annual testing, in the English mint, of the standard of gold and silver coins. --Encyc. Brit.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Pyx \Pyx\, v. t. To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. [Eng.]

--Mushet.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)