Part 1326

<h1>Bowstringed</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"stringed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p.a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Furnished with bowstring.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Put to death with a bowstring; strangled.</def>

<h1>Bowtel</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"tel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Boultel</er>.</def>

<h1>Bowwow</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"wow`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark.</def> -- <def2><tt>a.</tt> <def> Onomatopoetic; <as>as, the <ex>bowwow</ex> theory of language; a <ex>bowwow</ex> word.</as></def></def2> <mark>[Jocose.]</mark>

<h1>Bowyer</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"yer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Bow</er>, like <ets>lawyer</ets> from <ets>law</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An archer; one who uses bow.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who makes or sells bows.</def>

<h1>Box</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Box</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[As. <ets>box</ets>, L. <ets>buxus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/. See <er>Box</er> a case.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (<spn>Buxus sempervirens</spn>) has two varieties, one of which, the dwaft box <spn>(B.suffruticosa)</spn>, 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.</def>

<cs><col>Box elder</col>, <cd>the ash-leaved maple (<spn>Negundo aceroides</spn>), of North America.</cd> -- <col>Box holly</col>, <cd>the butcher's broom (<spn>Russus aculeatus</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Box thorn</col>, <cd>a shrub (<spn>Lycium barbarum</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Box tree</col>, <cd>the tree variety of the common box.</cd></cs>

<h1>Box</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Box</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Boxes</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu> <ety>[As. <ets>box</ets> a small case or vessel with a cover; akin to OHG. <ets>buhsa</ets> box, G. <ets>b\'81chse</ets>; fr. L. <ets>buxus</ets> boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See <er>Pyx</er>, and cf. <er>Box</er> a tree, <er>Bushel</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quantity that a box contain.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement.</def>

<blockquote>Laughed at by the pit, <b>box</b>, galleries, nay, stage. <i>Dorset.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>boxes</b> and the pit are sovereign judges. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; <as>as, a poor <ex>box</ex>; a contribution <ex>box</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks, Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted <b>box</b>. <i>J. Warton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A small country house.</def> "A shooting <i>box</i>."

<i>Wilson.</i>

<blockquote>Tight <b>boxes</b> neatly sashed. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A boxlike shed for shelter; <as>as, a sentry <ex>box</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Mach)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.</def>