Definition of box

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Box (n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.

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Lout :: Lout (v. i.) To bend; to box; to stoop.
Box :: Box (n.) The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.
Round :: Round (n.) The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout..
Workbox :: Workbox (n.) A box for holding instruments or materials for work.
Open :: Open (a.) Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead..
Cage :: Cage (n.) The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft..
Boist :: Boist (n.) A box.
Pancratium :: Pancratium (n.) An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.
Defence :: Defence (n.) Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc..
Lowry :: Lowry (n.) An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.
Boxing :: Boxing (n.) Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.
Uptake :: Uptake (n.) The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward..
Spar :: Spar (n.) A movement of offense or defense in boxing.
Housing :: Housing (n.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc..
Cestus :: Cestus (n.) A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron..
Set-to :: Set-to (n.) A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like..
Bruise :: Bruise (v. i.) To fight with the fists; to box.
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..
Blackball :: Blackball (v. t.) To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize..
Case :: Case (n.) A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book..
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