3. (Arch.)
Defn: To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form. To box a tree, to make an incision or hole in a tree for the purpose of procuring the sap. — To box off, to divide into tight compartments. — To box up. (a) To put into a box in order to save; as, he had boxed up twelve score pounds. (b) To confine; as, to be boxed up in narrow quarters.
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Box, n. Etym: [Cf.Dan. baske to slap, bask slap, blow. Cf. Pash.]
Defn: A blow on the head or ear with the hand.
A good-humored box on the ear. W. Irving.
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Box, v. i.
Defn: To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar.
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Box, v. t.
Defn: To strike with the hand or fist, especially to strike on the ear, or on the side of the head.
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Box, v. t. Etym: [Cf.Sp. boxar, now spelt bojar.]
Defn: To boxhaul. To box off (Naut.), to turn the head of a vessel either way by bracing the headyards aback. — To box the compass (Naut.), to name the thirty-two points of the compass in their order.