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Definition of box

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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..

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Footboard :: Footboard (n.) The foot-rest of a coachman's box.

Boxberry :: Boxberry (n.) The wintergreen. (Gaultheria procumbens).

Buffeter :: Buffeter (n.) One who buffets; a boxer.

Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.

Glove :: Glove (n.) A boxing glove.

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..

Franklin Stove :: Franklin stove () A kind of open stove introduced by Benjamin Franklin, the peculiar feature of which was that a current of heated air was directly supplied to the room from an air box; -- now applied to other varieties of open stoves..

Box :: Box (n.) A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box..

Touch-box :: Touch-box (n.) A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match..

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..

Workbox :: Workbox (n.) A box for holding instruments or materials for work.

Fistic :: Fistic (a.) Pertaining to boxing, or to encounters with the fists; puglistic; as, fistic exploits; fistic heroes..

Kit :: Kit (m.) A box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like..

Empty :: Empty (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles..

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..

Poorbox :: Poorbox (n.) A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.

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..

Refrigerator :: Refrigerator (n.) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice..

Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer..

Gusset :: Gusset (n.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler..