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verb (used with object)
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Nautical. to boxhaul (often followed by off).
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Meteorology. to fly around the center of a storm in a boxlike pattern in order to gather meteorological data: to box a storm.
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box the compass, Nautical. to recite all of the points of the compass in a clockwise order.
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Box off
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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box
"a blow," c.1300, of uncertain origin, possibly related to M.Du. boke, M.H.G. buc and Dan. bask, all meaning "a blow," perhaps imitative. The verb meaning "to fight with the fists" is from 1560s. Boxing as a sport is first recorded 1711.
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(squeeze-)box definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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