? Obs. [OSp. caxon, now cajon (kaχo·n), augm. of caxa, now caja CASE, chest; cf. Fr. caisson CAISSON, It. casone CASSOON.] A case or chest of ores prepared to be refined.
1669. Earl Sandwich, trans. Barba’s Art Mettals, II. xii. 37. He shall certainly know what Silver the Caxon contains. Ibid., 40. How much materials they are to put into a Caxon or Chest.
1674. Phil. Trans., IX. 212. What he is to do before he incorporates the Caxon for refining.
1775. in Ash; and in mod. technical Dicts.
¶ A misprint of this as caxou in Chambers, Cycl. Supp., 1753, is copied by Todd and later Dicts.
