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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Boxberry :: Boxberry (n.) The wintergreen. (Gaultheria procumbens).
Whereret :: Whereret (v. t.) To box (one) on the ear; to strike or box. (the ear); as, to wherret a child..
Pyx :: Pyx (n.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved..
Car :: Car (n.) A floating perforated box for living fish.
Rattlewort :: Rattlewort (n.) Same as Rattlebox.
Boxwood :: Boxwood (n.) The wood of the box (Buxus).
Bottom :: Bottom (a.) Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices..
Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) A cartridge box.
Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap..
Nitrile :: Nitrile (n.) Any one of a series of cyanogen compounds; particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids or alkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the nitrogen as ammonia..
Orchestrion :: Orchestrion (n.) A large music box imitating a variety of orchestral instruments.
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..
Packing :: Packing (n.) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides..
Seedbox :: Seedbox (n.) A capsule.
Case :: Case (v. t.) To strip the skin from; as, to case a box..
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..
Box :: Box (n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.
Sociable :: Sociable (n.) A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver..
Defence :: Defence (n.) Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc..
Pugilism :: Pugilism (n.) The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist..
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