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Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA small box. · A capsule in which the lid separates from the top of the fruit to release the seeds. · A nautical compass. · The box in which ashes are stored for Ash Wednesday.
From Latin pyxis (“small box”). Doublet of box, piseog, and pyx.
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