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Frustule :: Frustule (n.) The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover..

Rhodizonic :: Rhodizonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a colorless crystalline substance (called rhodizonic acid, and carboxylic acid) obtained from potassium carboxide and from certain quinones. It forms brilliant red, yellow, and purple salts..

Boxed :: Boxed (imp. & p. p.) of Bo.

Binnacle :: Binnacle (n.) A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night..

Box :: Box (n.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc..

Box :: Box (v. t.) To furnish with boxes, as a wheel..

Capcase :: Capcase (n.) A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest..

Frame :: Frame (n.) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings..

Car :: Car (n.) A floating perforated box for living fish.

Mail :: Mail (n.) A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried..

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..

Monocarbonic :: Monocarbonic (a.) Containing one carboxyl group; as, acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid..

Ballotin :: Ballotin (n.) An officer who has charge of a ballot box.

Etui :: Etui (n.) A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are carried..

Sluice :: Sluice (n.) A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth..

Waste :: Waste (v.) That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc..

Rumble :: Rumble (n.) A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.

Bushel :: Bushel (n.) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.

Limber :: Limber (n.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit..

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins..

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