Hypertext Webster Gateway: "boxing"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boxing \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boxing \Box"ing\, n.
The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist;
sparring
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
boxing
n 1: fighting with the fists [syn: {pugilism}, {fisticuffs}]
2: the enclosure of something in a package or box [syn: {packing}]
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