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Box, v. t. [Cf.Sp. boxar, now spelt bojar.] 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.

Box"ber`ry (&?;), n. (Bot.) The wintergreen. (Gaultheria procumbens). [Local, U.S.]

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Box"en (bks"'n), a. Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box (Buxus). [R.]

The faded hue of sapless boxen leaves. Dryden.

Box"er (bks"r), n. One who packs boxes.

Box"er, n. One who boxes; a pugilist.

Box"fish` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) The trunkfish.

Box"haul` (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boxhauled (&?;).] (Naut.) 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). Totten.

Box"haul`ing, n. (Naut.) A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.

Box"ing, n. 1. The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation.

2. Material used in making boxes or casings.

3. Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.

4. (Arch.) The external case of thin material used to bring any member to a required form.

Box"ing, n. The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring. Blackstone.

Boxing glove, a large padded mitten or glove used in sparring for exercise or amusement.

Box"-i`ron (&?;), n. A hollow smoothing iron containing a heater within.

Box"keep`er (&?;), n. An attendant at a theater who has charge of the boxes.

Box"thorn` (&?;), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Lycium, esp. Lycium barbarum.

Box"wood` (&?;), n. The wood of the box (Buxus).

Boy (&?;), n. [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube, Icel. bofi rouge.] A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.

My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. Sir W. Scott.

Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used colloquially of members of an associaton, fraternity, or party.

Boy bishop, a boy (usually a chorister) elected bishop, in old Christian sports, and invested with robes and other insignia. He practiced a kind of mimicry of the ceremonies in which the bishop usually officiated. -- The Old Boy, the Devil. [Slang] -- Yellow boys, guineas. [Slang, Eng.] -- Boy's love, a popular English name of Southernwood (Artemisia abrotonum); -- called also lad's love. -- Boy's play, childish amusements; anything trifling.

Boy, v. t. To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.

I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. Shak.

{ Bo*yar" (&?;), Bo*yard" (&?;), } n. [Russ. boiárin'.] A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania.