'Pixy stool' definitions:
Definition of 'Pixy stool'
From: GCIDE
- Pixy \Pix"y\, Pixie \Pix"ie\, 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]