{ } n.; pl.Pixies [ For Pucksy, from Puck. ] 1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [ Written also picksy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Bot.) A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [ Prov. Eng. ] -- Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
