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Bunker :: Bunker (n.) A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat..

Packing :: Packing (n.) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides..

Snuffbox :: Snuffbox (n.) A small box for carrying snuff about the person.

Orchestrion :: Orchestrion (n.) A large music box imitating a variety of orchestral instruments.

Gusset :: Gusset (n.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler..

Pandora :: Pandora (n.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it..

Dredger :: Dredger (n.) A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also dredging box, drudger, and drudging box..

Set-to :: Set-to (n.) A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like..

Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) A cartridge box.

Boist :: Boist (n.) A box.

Reliquary :: Reliquary (n.) A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.

Edge :: Edge (v. t.) To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box..

Dicebox :: Dicebox (n.) A box from which dice are thrown in gaming.

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down.

Drab :: Drab (n.) A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans..

Axle Guard :: Axle guard () The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England..

Mark :: Mark (v. t.) To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing..

Naphthoic :: Naphthoic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of carboxyl derivatives, called naphthoic acids..

Workbox :: Workbox (n.) A box for holding instruments or materials for work.

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