Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyxies
Literary usage of Pyxies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First-[sixth] Reader of the Popular Series by Marcius Willson (1881)
"Is the truth of the story vouched for by her ? a The pyxies ... trailing plant
known by the like name of pyxies, with the change of only a single letter. ..."
2. The Third Reader of the Popular Series by Marcius Willson (1883)
"You have seen the pyxies, which grow all over the Island, have you not?" 9. "
O, yes, those lovely little starry flowers," said Lulu "We gathered a great ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"... is for a woman to turn her cap inside outward, that the pyxies may have no
power over her, and for a man to do the same with some of his clothes," MS. ..."
4. The Origin and Development of Religious Belief by Sabine Baring-Gould (1878)
"Our countryfolk will not mention the fairies and pyxies except by some euphemism,
as " the Good Folk." The Yezidis, who worship the Evil One, have a horror ..."
5. The Origin and Development of Religious Belief by Sabine Baring-Gould (1892)
"... sure to appear," is a familiar proverb among ourselves, indicative of the same
feeling. Our countryfolk will not mention the fairies and pyxies except ..."
6. The Vines of Northeastern America: Fully Illustrated from Original Sketches by Charles Stedman Newhall (1897)
"If only it had been a trifle later and the sun gone down, one might have found
himself listening for the pyxies—or the Brownies—whispering. No. 16. ..."
7. The Vines of Northeastern America: Fully Illustrated from Original Sketches by Charles Stedman Newhall (1897)
"If only it had been a trifle later and the sun gone down, one might have found
himself listening for the pyxies—or the Brownies—whispering. No. 16. ..."
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