Box (n.) 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 (B. 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.
Boxes (pl. ) of Box
Box (n.) A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.
Box (n.) The quantity that a box contain.
Box (n.) A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement.
Box (n.) A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box.
Box (n.) A small country house.
Box (n.) A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box.
Box (n.) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.
Box (n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.
Box (n.) The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.
Box (n.) A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift.
Box (n.) The square in which the pitcher stands.
Box (n.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.
Boxed (imp. & p. p.) of Box
Boxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Box
Box (v. t.) To inclose in a box.
Box (v. t.) To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.
Box (v. t.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.
Box (n.) A blow on the head or ear with the hand.
Box (v. i.) To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar.
Box (v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist, especially to strike on the ear, or on the side of the head.
Box (v. t.) To boxhaul.
Boxberry (n.) The wintergreen. (Gaultheria procumbens).
Boxen (a.) Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box (Buxus).
Boxer (n.) One who packs boxes.
Boxer (n.) One who boxes; a pugilist.
Boxfish (n.) The trunkfish.
Boxhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Boxhaul
Boxhaul (v. t.) 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).
Boxhauling (n.) A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.
Boxing (n.) The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation.
Boxing (n.) Material used in making boxes or casings.
Boxing (n.) Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.
Boxing (n.) The external case of thin material used to bring any member to a required form.
Boxing (n.) The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring.
Box-iron (n.) A hollow smoothing iron containing a heater within.
Boxkeeper (n.) An attendant at a theater who has charge of the boxes.
Boxthorn (n.) A plant of the genus Lycium, esp. Lycium barbarum.
Boxwood (n.) The wood of the box (Buxus).
Boy (n.) A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.
Boy (v. t.) To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.
Boyar (n.) Alt. of Boyard
Boyard (n.) A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania.
Boyaux (pl. ) of Boyau
Boyaus (pl. ) of Boyau
Boyau (n.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc.
Boycotted (imp. & p. p.) of Boycott
Boycotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boycott
Boycott (v. t.) To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott.
Boycott (n.) The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, employer, etc.; social and business interdiction for the purpose of coercion.
Boycotter (n.) A participant in boycotting.
Boycottism (n.) Methods of boycotters.
Boydekin (n.) A dagger; a bodkin.
Boyer (n.) A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.
Boyhood (n.) The state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy.
Boyish (a.) Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.
Boyishly (adv.) In a boyish manner; like a boy.
Boyishness (n.) The manners or behavior of a boy.
Boyism (n.) Boyhood.
Boyism (n.) The nature of a boy; childishness.
Boyle's law () See under Law.
Boza (n.) An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water.
Brabantine (a.) Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.
Brabble (v. i.) To clamor; to contest noisily.
Brabble (n.) A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.
Brabblement (n.) A brabble.
Brabbler (n.) A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler.
Braccate (a.) Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet.
Brace (n.) That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
Brace (n.) A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum.
Brace (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension.
Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
Brace (n.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves.
Brace (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
Brace (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt.
Brace (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
Brace (n.) Harness; warlike preparation.
Brace (n.) Armor for the arm; vantbrace.
Brace (n.) The mouth of a shaft.
Braced (imp. & p. p.) of Brace
Bracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brace
Brace (v. t.) To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.
Brace (v. t.) To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.
Brace (v. t.) To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
Brace (v. t.) To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.
Brace (v. t.) To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards.
Brace (v. i.) To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; -- with up.
Bracelet (n.) An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.
Bracelet (n.) A piece of defensive armor for the arm.
Bracer (n.) That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
Bracer (n.) A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string; also, a brassart.
Bracer (n.) A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body.
Brach (n.) A bitch of the hound kind.
Brachelytra (n. pl.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles.
Brachia (n. pl.) See Brachium.
Brachial (a.) Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve.
Brachial (a.) Of the nature of an arm; resembling an arm.
Brachiata (n. pl.) A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See Crinoidea.