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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Box \Box\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Boxing.]
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1. To inclose in a box.
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2. To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.
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3. (Arch.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to
bring to a required form.
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To box a tree, to make an incision or hole in a tree for
the purpose of procuring the sap.
To box off, to divide into tight compartments.
To box up.
(a) To put into a box in order to save; as, he had boxed
up twelve score pounds.
(b) To confine; as, to be boxed up in narrow quarters.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Box \Box\, v. t. [Cf.Sp. boxar, now spelt bojar.]
To boxhaul.
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To box off (Naut.), to turn the head of a vessel either way
by bracing the headyards aback.
To box the compass (Naut.), to name the thirty-two points
of the compass in their order.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Box \Box\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Boxing.]
1. To inclose in a box.
2. To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.
3. (Arch.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to
bring to a required form.
To box a tree, to make an incision or hole in a tree for
the purpose of procuring the sap.
To box off, to divide into tight compartments.
To box up.
(a) To put into a box in order to save; as, he had boxed
up twelve score pounds.
(b) To confine; as, to be boxed up in narrow quarters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Box \Box\, v. t. [Cf.Sp. boxar, now spelt bojar.]
To boxhaul.
To box off (Naut.), to turn the head of a vessel either way
by bracing the headyards aback.
To box the compass (Naut.), to name the thirty-two points
of the compass in their order.
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