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pyx
(encz) | pyx,ciborium n: Zdeněk Brož |
pyx
(encz) | pyx,kalich na hostie n: [náb.] Zdeněk Brož |
Pyx
(gcide) | Pyx \Pyx\, n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. pyxi`s a box, especially of
boxwood, fr. py`xos the box tree or boxwood. See Box a
receptacle.] [Written also pix.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which
the host is reserved.
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2. 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.
--Mushet.
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3. (Naut.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the
binnacle. --Weale.
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4. (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. --Encyc. Brit.
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Pyx
(gcide) | Pyx \Pyx\, v. t.
To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in
the pyx. [Eng.] --Mushet.
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pyx
(wn) | pyx
n 1: a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await
assay [syn: pyx, pix, pyx chest, pix chest]
2: any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept
[syn: pyx, pix] |
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pyx chest
(encz) | pyx chest, n: |
pyxidium
(encz) | pyxidium, n: |
pyxie
(encz) | pyxie,druh věčnězelené křoviny n: [bot.] Zdeněk Brož |
pyxis
(encz) | pyxis, n: |
Ampyx
(gcide) | Ampyx \Am"pyx\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Greek Antiq.)
A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the
front hair.
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Pyx
(gcide) | Pyx \Pyx\, n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. pyxi`s a box, especially of
boxwood, fr. py`xos the box tree or boxwood. See Box a
receptacle.] [Written also pix.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which
the host is reserved.
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2. 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.
--Mushet.
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3. (Naut.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the
binnacle. --Weale.
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4. (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. --Encyc. Brit.
[1913 Webster]Pyx \Pyx\, v. t.
To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in
the pyx. [Eng.] --Mushet.
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Pyx cloth
(gcide) | Pyx \Pyx\, n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. pyxi`s a box, especially of
boxwood, fr. py`xos the box tree or boxwood. See Box a
receptacle.] [Written also pix.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which
the host is reserved.
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2. 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.
--Mushet.
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3. (Naut.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the
binnacle. --Weale.
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4. (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. --Encyc. Brit.
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Pyxidanthera barbulata
(gcide) | Pixy \Pix"y\, Pixie \Pix"ie\, n.; pl. Pixies. [For Pucksy,
from Puck.]
1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [Written also
picksy.]
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2. (Bot.) A low creeping evergreen plant ({Pyxidanthera
barbulata}), with mosslike leaves and little white
blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it
flowers in earliest spring.
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Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.]
Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.]
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Pyxidate
(gcide) | Pyxidate \Pyx"i*date\, a.
Having a pyxidium.
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Pyxidia
(gcide) | Pyxidium \Pyx*id"i*um\, n.; pl. Pyxidia. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, dim.
a ? a box. See Pyx.] (Bot.)
(a) A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower
half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in
the pimpernel and purslane.
(b) The theca of mosses.
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Pyxidium
(gcide) | Pyxidium \Pyx*id"i*um\, n.; pl. Pyxidia. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, dim.
a ? a box. See Pyx.] (Bot.)
(a) A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower
half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in
the pimpernel and purslane.
(b) The theca of mosses.
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Pyxie
(gcide) | Pyxie \Pyx"ie\ (p[i^]ks"[i^]), n. (Bot.)
Same as Pixy.
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Pyxis
(gcide) | Pyxis \Pyx*is\, n. [L.]
1. A box; a pyx.
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2. (Bot.) A pyxidium.
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3. (Anat.) The acetabulum. See Acetabulum, 2.
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Trial of the pyx
(gcide) | Pyx \Pyx\, n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. pyxi`s a box, especially of
boxwood, fr. py`xos the box tree or boxwood. See Box a
receptacle.] [Written also pix.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which
the host is reserved.
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2. 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.
--Mushet.
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3. (Naut.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the
binnacle. --Weale.
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4. (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. --Encyc. Brit.
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davallia pyxidata
(wn) | Davallia pyxidata
n 1: a hare's-foot fern of the genus Davallia [syn: {Australian
hare's foot}, Davallia pyxidata] |
genus pyxidanthera
(wn) | genus Pyxidanthera
n 1: one species: pyxie; the eastern United States [syn:
Pyxidanthera, genus Pyxidanthera] |
pyx chest
(wn) | pyx chest
n 1: a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await
assay [syn: pyx, pix, pyx chest, pix chest] |
pyxidanthera
(wn) | Pyxidanthera
n 1: one species: pyxie; the eastern United States [syn:
Pyxidanthera, genus Pyxidanthera] |
pyxidanthera barbulata
(wn) | Pyxidanthera barbulata
n 1: creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves
and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of
New Jersey and the Carolinas [syn: pyxie, pixie,
pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata] |
pyxidium
(wn) | pyxidium
n 1: fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper
part falls off when the seeds are released [syn:
pyxidium, pyxis] |
pyxie
(wn) | pyxie
n 1: creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves
and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of
New Jersey and the Carolinas [syn: pyxie, pixie,
pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata] |
pyxis
(wn) | pyxis
n 1: fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper
part falls off when the seeds are released [syn:
pyxidium, pyxis]
2: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and
Antlia
3: a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines |
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