boxed
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}, {boxed-in(a)}, {boxed in(p)}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Box \Box\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boxed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Boxing}.]
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1. To inclose in a box.
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2. To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.
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3. (Arch.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to
bring to a required form.
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{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.
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