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Housing :: Housing (n.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc..

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize..

Pyx :: Pyx (n.) A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint.

Cooter :: Cooter (n.) The box tortoise.

Boxfish :: Boxfish (n.) The trunkfish.

Buxine :: Buxine (n.) An alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or common box tree. It is identical with bebeerine; -- called also buxina..

Plait :: Plait (n.) A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait..

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

Pyx :: Pyx (n.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.

Hutch :: Hutch (v. t.) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.

Muffler :: Muffler (n.) A kind of mitten or boxing glove, esp. when stuffed..

Pew :: Pew (n.) Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold..

Spitchcock :: Spitbox (n.) A vessel to receive spittle.

Boxhauling :: Boxhauling (n.) A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.

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

Ditty-box :: Ditty-box (n.) A small box to hold a sailor's thread, needless, comb, etc..

Edge :: Edge (v. t.) To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box..

Skippet :: Skippet (n.) A small round box for keeping records.

Rattlebox :: Rattlebox (n.) An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod..

Brass :: Brass (n.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing..

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