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Cage :: Cage (n.) A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals..

Pouncet Box :: Pouncet box () A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes..

Box :: Box (v. t.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form..

Box :: Box (n.) The quantity that a box contain.

Tiger :: Tiger (n.) A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.

Shook :: Shook (n.) A set of boards for a sugar box.

Pyx :: Pyx (n.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved..

Saucebox :: Saucebox (n.) A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert child..

Box :: Box (n.) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing..

Vinaigrette :: Vinaigrette (n.) A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; -- called also vinegarette..

Reliquary :: Reliquary (n.) A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept..

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..

Alabaster :: Alabaster (n.) A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made..

Lowry :: Lowry (n.) An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.

Boxing :: Boxing (n.) The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation..

Tub :: Tub (n.) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.

Hopper :: Hopper (n.) A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car..

Lid :: Lid (n.) That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk..

Pocket :: Pocket (n.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like..

Jasper :: "Jasper (n.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped / banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper..

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