BOX 



on tliwn witli ihe fingers was cfTcclually prevented. Tor 

 «:iBl of fome contrivance of this kind, our (harpers have 

 opportunities of pUyinj; divers tricks willi the box, as 

 pahiiing, topping, flabbiiig, &c. Hyde. Hift. Ncrdikid. 

 % J. p. 2;, 2S. 



liov iron, a kind of cafe wherein the heaters arc enclofed 

 for ironing linen. 



Box-monrv, at f/azanl, is that which is paid the box- 

 keeper, or him who furnilhcs the box and dice. Bttttre 

 have the advantaj;e rf.er callers, as they have no box- 

 luontv to pay, which at hmg run would bigj^ar the ir.oll 

 lortunnte player. Hence fome gamelUrs will never call, to 

 fave the expencc of box-money. 



Box o/ii plough, a name by which the farmer? call thnt 

 crols-piece in the head of tlic plough, through which the 

 fpindle of the two wheels palTes, and to which are faftencd 

 the two crofs-ftaves, ferving, by their holes, to rej;iilate the 

 height of the beam, the tow-chain below, the ftake which 

 fnpports the bridie-chain above, and the gallows behind, 

 into which are fixed the wilds with the crooks of iron, for the 

 drawing of the whole plough along. This part of the plough 

 is placed crofs-wile with the beam, and Hands much below it, 

 and not far from the ground. See Plough. 



Box of a rlb-ftiiv, two thin iron plates fixed to a handle ; 

 in one ot the iron-plates is an opening to receive a wedge, 

 by which it is fixed to the faw. 



hoXfJlron^, a coffer of iioii, or of thick wood, fecnred 

 with iron plates, and a lock witli feveral boltf, difficult 

 either to be opened or forced ; chiefly ufed for putting 

 money in. 



Box ihecompnfs, in Sea-lav gtia^e, to repeat the oppofite 

 points of the compafs alternately. Tims, N. S. N. by E. 

 S. by W. N.N.E. S.S.W. &:c. 



Box of the compafs, the fquare wooden box which con- 

 tains the mariner's compafs ; in the conftrudiion of which, 

 to iron work is to be ufed. 



Box of a walch, the cafe or cover. 

 Box of a luhecl, the aperture wherein the axis turns. 

 Tioyi-puceron, in Entomology, among old writers, the coccus 

 hefperidum, an infeft that uifefts the box, in common with 

 various other evergreens. See Hesperidum. The word 

 puceron, and ballard puceron, appears to have been formerly 

 applied i'ldifcriminately to feveral diftinft genera of infefts 

 that infell plants, as thofe of the cynips, aphis, ihrips, and 

 Others. 



Box-//;o;n, in Botany. See Lycium. 

 Hox-tiectfand. See Hura. 



Box-hauling, in Scamanfhip, a particular method of veer- 

 ing a fhip, when the fwell of the fea renders tacking im- 

 praifticable, or when there is not room to veer by the 

 ecjmmon method of filling the head, and fhivering the after- 

 fails. This operation is performed by putting the helm 

 hard a-lee, which brings the fliip's head to windward ; the 

 after-fails, particularly the main-fail, mizen, and niizen (lay- 

 fail, are to be hauled up ; as foon as the fails beo-in to 

 fhake, haul in the weather-head braces, and the lee-fore, 

 and fore-lop bowlines ; the fhip's head will then fall off, 

 which, together with the aftion of the water upon the 

 rudder, by the (Icrnway (he has acquired, will bring her 

 round until the wind is right aft ; when her Hernway will 

 have ceafed, and then the helm is to be put hard a-weather : 

 in the mean time the after-fails are to be brated up, which 

 will greatly affiil in bringing the (hip round ; the main-fail, 

 niizen, and mizen ftay-iail are to be fet, the head-yards 

 braced up, as the (hip comes to the wind, and the helm 

 filifted to its proper pofition. 



Box-hi//, in Geography, near Dorking, in Surrey, Eno-- 

 Uud, received Us uaine from the great number of box-trees 



BOX 



which ornatnent its (helving fides and fummit. Many of 

 thefc arc (aid to have been planted on the fouth fide of it 

 by the celebrated earl of Arundel, in the reign of Charles I. 

 Since that period they have proved highly beneficial to the 

 proprietor, and to the public. " Formerly," fays Mr. Gilpin, 

 " the (hips from the Levant brought fuch quantities of 

 this wood in baliall, that the trees on this hill could not 

 lind a purehaler ; and not having been cut in 6j years, they 

 were growing in many parts cankered. But the war having 

 diminifhed tlie influx of it from the INIediterraiiean, feveral 

 purchafers began to offer for this native wood ; and in the 

 year 1795, fir Harry Mildmay put it up to auftion, and 

 fohl it for the immenfe f'lim of twelve thoufand pounds." 

 This hill, and the neighbouring eminences, en which the 

 box-tree flourifhes in fuch profufiou and perfeAion, (hould 

 be confidercd as making a part of the natural hillory of 

 Britain. The extenfive profpeAs commanded from this 

 place, combining with its fingular ahd beautiful fcenerv, 

 frequently excite the attention and admiration of traveller's. 

 In its immediate vicinity are feveral elegant vil!;\:, and 

 the river Mole, which runs under ground for fome diilance, 

 winds its (low waters beneath the precipitous fides of 

 this hill. Gilpin's Obfervations on the W'ellern Part of 

 England, 8vo. 179S. Manning's Hiltory of Surrey, fol. 

 vol. i. 1804. 



BOXDERG, in Geography, a town of Germany, in the 

 circle of the Lower Rhine, and the Palatinate ; 34 miles E. 

 of Heidelberg. 



BOXBOROUGH, a townfliip of America, in Middle- 

 fex county, and Hate of Malfachufetts, containino- 412 inha- 

 bitants ; ;^o miles N. W. from Bollon. ° 



BOXERS, a kind al athldx, who combat or contend for 

 viftory with their fills. See Athlete. 



Boxers are the fame with thofe who, among the Romans, 

 ivere called /,/_^/7«. The ancient boxers contended with fuch 

 force and fury, that they frequently dafiied out one ano- 

 ther's teeth, broke their bones, and killed each other. 



TJie (Irange disfigurement thcfe boxers underwent were 

 fuch "that frequently they could not be known, and rendered 

 them the objecls of many railleries. In the Greek antho- 

 logy, there are four epigrams of the poet Lucilius, and one 

 of Lucian, wherem their disfigurements are pleafantly enough 

 expofed. Anthol. Gr2:c. lib. ii. Ep. i, i, 3, 10, 14. '^ 



Boxes, in a play-houfe, are httle apartments behind and 

 afide of the pit. We fay, the front boxes, the llage. 

 boxes, &c. 



Boxes of the pump. See Pump. 



-BOXFORD, in Geography, a fmall townlhip of Ame- 

 rwa, in Effex county, Maffachufetts, feated on the eall 

 lide of Merrimack nver ; 7 miles W. of Newbury port, 

 and contaminir 025 inhabitants. 



BOXHORNIUS, Mark Zuerius, in Biography; an 

 eminent philologift, the fon of James Zuerius, was born at 

 Bergen-op-Zoom, in 1612, and affumed the name of his 

 maternal grandfather, Henry Boxhorn, a convert from 

 popery, and mmiller of Breda. At Breda, where he was 

 educated, his proficiency in literature was fuch, that at the 

 age of J 7 years he pubKfhed fome Latin poems that 

 were well received, and at the age of 20 he was editor of 

 fome learned w.rks. In ,632, he became profeflbr of 

 rhetoric in the univerfity of Leyden. Declining to ac- 

 cept the invitation of queen Chriilina to an honourable 

 office in Sweden, he fucceeded Daniel Heinfius in the pro- 

 teilorfhips of politics and hillory, both which departments 

 he occupied with great honour to himfelf and benefit to 

 his auditors. His literary career, however, was terminated 



M {^r^,^^- -^'^ ''■""■'^^ "^"^ numerous and curious, 

 ilepubhlhed, in addition to his juvenile labours as an editor, 



' note* 



