Pyx

piks, n. ( R.C. ) the sacred box in which the host is kept after consecration: the box at the British Mint containing sample coins.— v.t. to test the weight and finene of, as the coin deposited in the pyx.— Trial of the pyx , final trial by weight and a ay of the gold and silver coins of the United Kingdom, prior to their i ue from the Mint. [L. pyxis , a box—Gr. pyxis — pyxos (L. buxus ), the box-tree.]