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Pix (?), n. & v. See Pyx.

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Pyx (?), n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. πυξίς a box, especially of boxwood, fr. πύξος 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.

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    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.

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

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    4. (Anat.) Same as Pyxis.

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    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.

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