Pyx

[Lat. pyxis, Gr. πυξίς, a box, especially of box-wood, from πύξος, Lat. buxus, the box-tree or box-wood; Fr. pyxide, Sp. pixide, It. pisside.] [Written also pix].

1Sense 1. (Rom. Cath. Church.) The box in which the host is kept.

2Sense 2. A box used, in English coinage, as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal, before they are sent from the mint. Mushet.

3Sense 3. (Naut.) The box in which the compass is suspended.

4Sense 4. (Anat.) The same as PYXIS. See PYXIS.