pyx vs tin

pyx

noun
  • A small, usually round container used to hold the host (“consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist”), especially when bringing communion to the sick or others unable to attend Mass. 

  • A box used in a mint as a place to deposit sample coins intended to have the fineness of their metal and their weight tested before the coins are issued to the public. 

  • A (small) box; a casket, a coffret. 

verb
  • To enclose (something) in a box or other container; specifically, to place (a deceased person's body) in a coffin; to coffin, to encoffin. 

  • To deposit (sample coins) in a pyx; (by extension) to test (such coins) for the fineness of metal and weight before a mint issues them to the public. 

tin

noun
  • An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product. 

  • A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc. 

  • A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn. 

  • computer hardware. 

  • The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball. 

verb
  • To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire 

  • To cover with tin. 

  • To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve. 

  • To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint 

adj
  • Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron. 

  • Made of tin. 

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