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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.]
   (R. C. Ch.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.
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   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.
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   (Naut.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. Weale.
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   (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.
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   Pyx, v. t. To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. [Eng.]
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