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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Reliquary :: Reliquary (n.) A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept..
Orchestrion :: Orchestrion (n.) A large music box imitating a variety of orchestral instruments.
Case :: Case (n.) A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments..
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level..
Shook :: Shook (n.) A set of boards for a sugar box.
Manger :: Manger (n.) A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.
Crow''s-nest :: Crow's-nest (n.) A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout..
Boxfish :: Boxfish (n.) The trunkfish.
Snuffbox :: Snuffbox (n.) A small box for carrying snuff about the person.
Hutch :: Hutch (v. t.) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
Box :: Box (v. t.) To furnish with boxes, as a wheel..
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..
Boxhauled :: Boxhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Boxhau.
Wooden :: Wooden (a.) Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding..
Cist :: Cist (n.) A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn. See Illustration in Appendix..
Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made..
Blackball :: Blackball (v. t.) To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize..
Box :: Box (v. t.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form..
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down.
Bunker :: Bunker (n.) A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat..
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