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Carboxyl :: Carboxyl (n.) The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl..

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

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

Boxhaul :: Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)..

Oxalyl :: Oxalyl (n.) An old name for carboxyl.

Pomander :: Pomander (n.) A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly pomander box..

Lout :: Lout (v. i.) To bend; to box; to stoop.

Manger :: Manger (n.) A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.

Box :: Box (n.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.

Buffeter :: Buffeter (n.) One who buffets; a boxer.

Collar :: Collar (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars..

Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc..

Stuff :: Stuff (n.) To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).

Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal..

Nab :: Nab (n.) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot..

Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.

Rattlewort :: Rattlewort (n.) Same as Rattlebox.

Pack :: Pack (n.) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish..

Boxfish :: Boxfish (n.) The trunkfish.

Uptake :: Uptake (n.) The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward..

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