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    Box, n.; pl. Boxes  [As. box a small case or vessel with a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. büchse; fr. L. buxus boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See Pyx, and cf. Box a tree, Bushel.]
    1. A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.
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    2. The quantity that a box contain.
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    3. A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement.
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      Laughed at by the pit, box, galleries, nay, stage.
      Dorset.

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      The boxes and the pit are sovereign judges.
      Dryden.

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    4. A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box.
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      Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks,
      Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box.
      J. Warton.

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    5. A small country house. “A shooting box.” 
      Wilson.

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      Tight boxes neatly sashed.
      Cowper.

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    6. A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box.
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    7. (Mach) (a) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing. (b) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.
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    8. The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.
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    9. A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift. “A Christmas box.”
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    10. (Baseball) The square in which the pitcher stands.
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    11. (Zool.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.
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      ☞ Box is much used adjectively or in composition; as box lid, box maker, box circle, etc.; also with modifying substantives; as money box, letter box, bandbox, hatbox or hat box, snuff box or snuffbox.
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      Box beam (Arch.), a beam made of metal plates so as to have the form of a long box. -- Box car (Railroads), a freight car covered with a roof and inclosed on the sides to protect its contents. -- Box chronometer, a ship's chronometer, mounted in gimbals, to preserve its proper position. -- Box coat, a thick overcoat for driving; sometimes with a heavy cape to carry off the rain. -- Box coupling, a metal collar uniting the ends of shafts or other parts in machinery. -- Box crab (Zool.), a crab of the genus Calappa, which, when at rest with the legs retracted, resembles a box. -- Box drain (Arch.), a drain constructed with upright sides, and with flat top and bottom. -- Box girder (Arch.), a box beam. -- Box groove (Metal Working), a closed groove between two rolls, formed by a collar on one roll fitting between collars on another. R. W. Raymond. -- Box metal, an alloy of copper and tin, or of zinc, lead, and antimony, for the bearings of journals, etc. -- Box plait, a plait that doubles both to the right and the left. -- Box turtle or Box tortoise (Zool.), a land tortoise or turtle of the genera Cistudo and Emys; -- so named because it can withdraw entirely within its shell, which can be closed by hinged joints in the lower shell. Also, humorously, an exceedingly reticent person. Emerson. -- In a box, in a perplexity or an embarrassing position; in difficulty. (Colloq.) -- In the wrong box, out of one's place; out of one's element; awkwardly situated. (Colloq.) Ridley (1554)
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