Pronunciation : Pix"y, Pix"ie
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [For Pucksy, from Puck.]
Definition : 1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [Written also picksy.]
2. (Bot.)
Defn: 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. Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.] -- Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.]
pl. Pixies.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913