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(1):

(n.) Same as Pyxis.

(2):

(v. t.) To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx.

(3):

(n.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.

(4):

(n.) 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.

(5):

(n.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pyx'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pyx.html. 1828.
 
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