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Pronunciation : Pyx
Part of Speech : )n.
Etymology : [L. pyxis a box, Gr. Box a receptacle.] [Written also pix.]
Definition : 1. ( R. C. Ch.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. Weale.

4. (Anat.)

Defn: 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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pyx
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. [Eng.] Mushet.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913