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Axle Guard :: Axle guard () The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England..

Carton :: Carton (n.) Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box..

Tarantass :: Tarantass (n.) A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge..

Manger :: Manger (n.) A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.

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..

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..

Rumble :: Rumble (n.) A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.

Pugilist :: Pugilist (n.) One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer..

Follower :: Follower (n.) A gland. See Illust. of Stuffing box.

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..

Set-to :: Set-to (n.) A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like..

Bushel :: Bushel (n.) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.

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

Drudger :: Drudger (n.) A dredging box.

Willow :: Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil..

Close :: Close (v. t.) Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box..

Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) A cartridge box.

Sluice :: Sluice (n.) A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth..

Faser :: Faser (n.) A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy..

Boxen :: Boxen (a.) Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box (Buxus)..

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