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Definition of Pyx

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

Meaning of Pyx from wikipedia

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