Definition of Pyxing

1. pyx [v] - See also: pyx

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyxing

pythonists
pythonlike
pythons
pyuria
pyurias
pyx
pyx chest
pyxed
pyxes
pyxidate
pyxides
pyxidia
pyxidium
pyxie
pyxies
pyxing (current term)
pyxis
pyæmia
pyæmic
pyæmiæ
pzazz
pzazzes
pœcilo-
pœcilogony
pœnal
pœnall
pœnalties
pœnalty
pœnitent
pœnitential

Literary usage of Pyxing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"The weight and fineness of the money are also ultimately examined and insured by the process of pyxing, ..."

2. A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans by John Lingard (1829)
"Disputes We may now proceed to an important and per- pyxing question, on which it was impossible for the king to decide, without giving offence to a ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... assaying the melted bars; (<•) "pyxing" the finished coin or selecting specimens to be weighed and assayed; (/) " telling " or counting the coin. ..."

4. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"... coins that about 1 in 200 is imperfectly finished; these being rejected, the rest are finally weighed into bags, and subjected to the process of pyxing. ..."

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