*xie*

n.; pl. Anxieties [ L. anxietas, fr. anxius: cf. F. anxiété. See Anxious. ] 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Eager desire. J. D. Forbes [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Care; solicitude; foreboding; uneasiness; perplexity; disquietude; disquiet; trouble; apprehension; restlessness. See Care. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, p. p. In a state of asphyxia; suffocated. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War. [ U.S. ]
Syn. -- Dixieland, Dixie Land, the Confederacy, Confederate States of America, the South.
Syn. -- . [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a song popular in the Confederate states during the American Civil War, and still played as a nostalgic anthem by those patriotic to the American south. It was written by Daniel D. Emmett in 1859. [ PJC ]

whistle Dixie to talk unrealistically; to engage in unrealistic or overoptimistic fantasies; as, that ain't just whistlin' Dixie. [ PJC ]

n. a former political party in the US; formed in 1948 by Southern Democrats opposed to the candidacy of Harry S. Truman.
Syn. -- States' Rights Democratic Party. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the 11 southern states that seceded from the U. S. in 1861.
Syn. -- Confederacy, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ fr. Moxie, a trade name for a beverage. ] 1. energy; pep. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. courage, determination. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Know-how, expertise. MW10. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. See Nix. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Nothing. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. (U. S. Mail Service) A piece of mail matter which cannot be delivered, either because no post office exists at the place to which is it addressed, or because there is no place of the name mentioned in the designated State, Territory, or the like. [ Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A post-office clerk in charge of the nixies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The state of being overanxious; excessive anxiety. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } 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 ]