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boxed

enclosed in or set off by a border or box as boxed sections of the report boxed announcements in the newspaper...


jury box

jury box 1 : the usually enclosed place where the jury sits in a courtroom compare bar, bench, dock, sidebar, stand 2 : a box from which the names of prospective jurors are drawn by chance : jury wheel ...


Box

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 Buxus 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...


Boxing day

The first week day after Christmas a legal holiday on which Christmas boxes are given to postmen errand boys employees etc The night of this day is boxing night...


Black box

any electronic instrument or part of an instrument whose function is defined but which is treated as a unit without consideration of the internal mechanisms broadly any device whose internal workings are considered as incomprehensible or mysterious by the user as to treat the meter as a black box and take its readings on faith...


Boxing

The act of inclosing anything in a box as for storage or transportation...


Box kite

A kite invented by Lawrence Hargrave of Sydney Australia which consist of two light rectangular boxes or cells open on two sides and fastened together horizontally Called also Hargrave kite or cellular kite...


Box tail

In a flying machine a tail or rudder usually fixed resembling a box kite...


Ditty box

A small box to hold a sailors thread needless comb etc...


Drudging box

See Dredging box...


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