Vocabulary : Boxberry to Boxing
Boxberry : The wintergreen. (Gaultheria procumbens).
Boxed : of Box
Boxen : Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box (Buxus).
Boxer : One who packs boxes. ;; One who boxes; a pugilist. ;; A member of a powerful Chinese organization which committed numerous outrages on Europeans and Christian converts in the uprising against foreigners in 1900. Various names, as "League of United Patriots" and "Great Knife [or Sword] Society," have been given as the Chinese name of the organization; why the members were called Boxers is uncertain.
Boxes : of Box
Boxfish : The trunkfish.
Boxhaul : To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind).
Boxhauled : of Boxhaul
Boxhauling : A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.
Boxing : of Box ;; The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation. ;; Material used in making boxes or casings. ;; Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing. ;; The external case of thin material used to bring any member to a required form. ;; The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring.
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