pyx : Idioms & Phrases

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pyx chest

  • noun a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
    pyx; pix; pix chest.
WordNet

Pyx cloth

  • (R. C. Ch., a veil of silk or lace covering the pyx.
Webster 1913

Trial of the pyx

  • the annual testing, in the English mint, of the standard of gold and silver coins.
Webster 1913