Hypertext Webster Gateway: "boxed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Box \Box\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boxed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Boxing}.]
1. To inclose in a box.

2. To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.

3. (Arch.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to
bring to a required form.

{To box a tree}, to make an incision or hole in a tree for
the purpose of procuring the sap.

{To box off}, to divide into tight compartments.

{To box up}.
(a) To put into a box in order to save; as, he had boxed
up twelve score pounds.
(b) To confine; as, to be boxed up in narrow quarters.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

boxed
adj 1: enclosed in or set off by a border or box; "boxed sections
of the report"; "boxed announcements in the newspaper"
2: enclosed in or as if in a box; "boxed cigars"; "a confining
boxed-in space"; "felt boxed in by the traffic" [syn: {boxed-in(a)},
{boxed in(p)}]


Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup

Enter word here:
Exact Approx


dict.stokkie.net
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents; see the Webster Gateway FAQ, and also the Back-end/database links and credits.