pyxis nautic a

Astron.: The Mariner's Compa , a Southern constellation. Architecture: 1. A socle (q.v.). 2. One of the bands or fillets of the Ionic base, between which the scotia or hollow occurs; also the plinth, or lower member of the podium. *quãd-ra-gě-när-i-oŭs, a. [Latin quadrage narius , from quadrageni =forty each; qua drag int a =forty.] Consisting of forty; forty years old. quãd-ra-gene, subst. [Lat. quadrageni =forty each.] A papal indulgence for forty days. [INDULGENCE, 8., II. 1.] "So many quadragenes , or lents of pardon."-Taylor: Di uasive from Popery , pt. i., ch. ii., § 4.