Definition of box

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Box (n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.

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Touch-box :: Touch-box (n.) A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match..
Vasculum :: Vasculum (n.) A tin box, commonly cylindrical or flattened, used in collecting plants..
Dovecote :: Dovecote (n.) A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house..
Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer..
Case :: Case (n.) A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book..
Boxing :: Boxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bo.
Launder :: Launder (n.) A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore..
Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced..
Pugilist :: Pugilist (n.) One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer..
Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.
Boxhauled :: Boxhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Boxhau.
Face :: Face (v. t.) To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc..
Leucosoid :: Leucosoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the Leucosoidea, a tribe of marine crabs including the box crab or Calappa..
Box :: Box (v. i.) To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar..
But :: But (v. t.) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib..
Footboard :: Footboard (n.) The foot-rest of a coachman's box.
Box :: Box (v. t.) To furnish with boxes, as a wheel..
Defence :: Defence (n.) Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc..
Net :: Net (a.) Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight, etc..
Trunkfish :: Trunkfish (n.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish..
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