Definition of box

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Box (v. i.) To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar..

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Slugger :: Slugger (n.) One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter..
Midfeather :: Midfeather (n.) A vertical water space in a fire box or combustion chamber.
Canister :: Canister (n.) A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, 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..
Whirlbat :: Whirlbat (n.) Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers..
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..
Open :: Open (a.) Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead..
Cage :: Cage (n.) A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals..
Hammercloth :: Hammercloth (n.) The cloth which covers a coach box.
Set-to :: Set-to (n.) A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like..
Box :: Box (n.) A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement..
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..
Boce :: Boce (n.) A European fish (Box vulgaris), having a compressed body and bright colors; -- called also box, and bogue..
Car :: Car (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc..
Hemimellitic :: Hemimellitic (a.) Having half as many (three) carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid; -- said of an organic acid.
Manger :: Manger (n.) A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.
Pouncet Box :: Pouncet box () A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes..
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..
Distribute :: Distribute (v. t.) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
Stowage :: Stow (v. t.) To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship..
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