pуx, pix, pixe

[Lat. pyxis, from Gr. pyxis =a box, from pyxos =box-wood; Lat. buxus, Fr. pyxide; Sp. pixide; Ital. pi ide. 1. Anat.: The same as PYXIS (q. v.). 2. Roman Church : The box or covered ve el in which the consecrated host is kept. 3. Coinage : The box in which sample coins are the A test place doinuity English, mint is termennine trial of the pyx. Two pieces are taken from each bag of wly coined money, one for trial in the mint, the newly other is deposited in the pyx. The Lord Chancellor summons a jury of freemen of the Goldsmiths' Company, who test by weight and a ay in comparison with certain standard trial-plates deposited in the Exchequer. 4. Naut .: The binnacle-box in which a compa is suspended. Trial of the pyx : [PYx, 8. , 3.] přx, v. t. [Pyx, 8.] To test by weight and a ay, as the coins in the pyx.