box-coil 
return bends, arranged in the form of a paral- 
lelopipedon. 
box-crab (boks'krab), w. The popular name 
of a crab of the genus Calappa : so called from 
its resemblance when at rest to a box. See cut 
under Cnluppn. 
box-day (boks'da), //. In the Scottish law- 
courts, a day appointed liy the judges during; 
the vacations on which pleadings or any papers 
ordered by the court Imve to be lodged. Also 
baring-day. 
box-drain (boUs'ilmni, . An underground 
dr:iin regularly built with upright sides and 
a flat stone or brick cover, so that the section 
lins the appearance of a square box. 
boxent (boVsn), a. [< ME. boxen, replacing 
AS. biffin for "bi/xi-n for "boxen, < box (see box*) 
+ -en.] 1. Made of boxwood : as, " boxen haut- 
boy," Gay, Prol. to Shep. Week. 2. Resem- 
bling box. 
Her faded cheeks are chang'd to Itturn hue. Drydfn. 
boxer 1 (bok'ser), n. [< 6ox 2 + -er 1 .] One whose 
occupation is to pack or put up things in boxes. 
boxer 2 (bok'ser), . [< tox$ 4- -er 1 .] One who 
fights with his fists; a pugilist. 
Boxer Shrapnel. See shrapnel. 
box-fish (boks'fish), n. A name of sundry plec- 
tognath fishes of the suborder Gymnodontes and 
family Tetrodontida:. [Rare.] 
box-frame (boks'fram), n. The inclosed space 
inside a window-casing in which the balance- 
weights are hung. 
box-girder (boks'ger'der), n. In niech., a kind 
of girder resembling a box, made of boiler- 
plates fastened together by angle-irons riveted 
to the top and bottom plates. Such girders are 
much used tor spans of from 30 to (10 feet, on account of 
their elasticity and power of resisting impact. 
boxhaul (boks'hal), c. t. Xaut. } to veer (a ship) 
round on her heel when it is impracticable to 
tack. This is effected hy putting the helm a-lee, brae-inn 
the head-yards flat aback, squaring the after-yards, taking 
in the drivers, and hauling the head-sheets to windward. 
When the vessel begins to gather sternway the helm is 
shifted and the sails trimmed. Smyth. 
box-hook (boks'huk), n. 1. A hand-tool resem- 
bling a cotton-hook, used in handling heavy 
freight. 2. A caut-hook used in pressing 
down the covers of boxes so that they can be 
nailed or screwed. 3. Gripping-irons used in 
hoisting heavy boxes or bales. 
boxiana (bok-si-an'a or -a'nS), . pi. [A feigned 
Latin form, < box 3 + -i-ana : see ana 1 , -ana.} 
The annals of prize-fighting; the literature of, 
or gossip or anecdotes concerning, pugilism. 
boxing 1 (bok'sing), . [< box? + -t'/ij/ 1 .] 1. 
\iiut., a square piece of dry hard wood used 
in connecting the frame-timbers of a ship. 2. 
One of the eases on each side of a window into 
which the inside shutters are folded. 3. pi. 
The sides of a window -frame where the weights 
hang. 4. i>l. Among millers, coarse flour sepa- 
rated in the process of bolting. 5. The pro- 
cess of fitting a piece of wood to receive a 
tenon. 6. The giving of a box or present, as 
at Christmas. See boring-tlay. 
boxing- (bok'sing), . [Verbal n. of box 3 , r.] 
The act or practice of fighting with the fists, 
with or without boxing-gloves ; sparring. 
boxing-day (bok'sing-da), n. 1. In England. 
the first week-day after Christmas, when Christ- 
mas boxes or presents are given to one's em- 
ployees, to postmen, etc. 2. In the Scottish 
law-courts, same as tot-day. 
boxing-glove (bok'sing-gluv), M. A padded 
glove used in sparring. 
boxing-machine (bok ' sing - ma - shen * ), n . A 
machine used for boring out the boxes of the 
hubs of car-wheels. 
boxing-match (bok'sing-mach), n. A contest 
at boxing; a pugilistic encounter; a prize-fight. 
boxing-night (bok' sing-nit), n. In England, 
the first week-night after Christinas ; the night 
of boxing-day. 
boxing-off (bok'sing-6f), n. Xaut., the act of 
forcing the ship's head off the wind by bracing 
the head-yards aback. 
box-iron (boks'i'ern), n. A smoothing-iron 
containing an inclosed space for live coals to 
keep it hot. 
box-keeper (boks'ke'per), . An attendant at 
the boxes of a theater. 
box-key (boks'ke), n. A socket-key for turn- 
ing large nuts. 
box-lobby (boks'lob'i), n. In a theater, the 
lobby leading to the boxes. 
box-lock (boks'lok), . A door-lock designed 
to be fastened to the surface of the door. 
box-metal (lioks'met'al), n. A brass, bron/.e. 
or antifriction alloy used for the journal-boxes 
of axles or shafting. 
box-money (tx)ks'inun'i), n. At hazard, money 
l>niil to the person who furnishes the box and 
dice. 
box-office (boks'of'is), n. The office in a thea- 
ter in which tickets are sold. 
box-packing (boks'pak'ing), n. Cotton-waste 
or similar material, saturated with a lubricant, 
for packing the journal-box of an axle or shaft. 
box-plait (boks'plat), n. A double fold or plait, 
.is on a shirt-bosom or in the skirt of a woman's 
ihvss. 
box-plaiting (boks-pla"tiug), . 1. A method 
of folding cloth alternately in opposite direc- 
tions, so as to form a kind of double plait or 
fold on each side. 2. The plaits formed in this 
manner. 
box-seat (boks'set), n. A seat in a theater- 
box, or on the box of a coach. 
box-set (boks'set), n. In a theater, a scene 
which is boxed in with walls and ceiling. 
box-setter (boks'set'er), n. An apparatus for 
fitting axle-boxes to the hubs of wheels. 
box-slater (boks'sla'ter), . An isopod crusta- 
cean of the family Idotetdce. H. A. Xicholiion. 
box-slip (boks'slip), n. A slip of boxwood in- 
laid in the beechwood of which molding, tongu- 
iug, and grooving planes are made, to form an 
edge or wearing part. 
box-snuffers (boks'snuf'erz), n. pi. Snuffers 
having a receptacle for the burnt wick cut off. 
box-stall (boks'stal), w. A roomy inclosed stall 
in which horses or cattle can be kept without 
tying. 
box-strap (boks'strap), n. In mach. and liuiM- 
ing, a flat bar with nght-angled bends, used to 
confine a rectangular bar or projection. 
box-thorn (boks'thdrn), w. A name given to 
plants of the genus Lycium, more particularly 
L. barbamm. 
box-tortoise (boks't6r*tis), n. A tortoise with 
a hinged plastron which can be so closely ap- 
plied to tne edge of the carapace, when the 
head, tail, and limbs have been drawn in, that 
the animal is practically boxed up in the shell ; 
a tortoise of the family Cistudinida. Generally 
called box-turtle in the United States. 
box-trap (boks'trap), n. 1. A contrivance for- 
merly used in firing military mines, consisting 
of a rectangular box placed vertically in com- 
munication with the mine. The upper end was 
closed, and a few inches below the top was a sliding shelf 
upon which was placed a piece of ignited punk. The 
mine was flred by withdrawing the shelf by means of a 
long cord, and allowing the lighted punk to fall upon the 
powder-train below. 
2. A trap in the form of a box, used for cap- 
turing small animals. 
box- turtle (boks'ter'tl), . The common name 
in the United States of the box-tortoise. 
box-valve (boks'valy), w. A box-shaped por- 
tion of a pipe, in which a valve is placed. 
boxwood (boks'wud), n. [< fcoi 1 + wood" 1 .] 
1. The fine hard-grained timber of the box, 
much used by wood-engravers and in the man- 
ufacture of musical and mathematical instru- 
ments, tool-handles, etc. The largest supplies come 
from the Levant. The wood is very free from gritty 
matter, and on that account its sawdust is much used for 
cleaning jewelry and for other pifrposes. See Buxu*. 
2. The name given to several trees which 
have hard, compact wood, taking a fine polish : 
in the United States to Cornus florida, and in 
the West Indies to Sduefferia frutesceiis, I'itex 
umbrosa, and Tecoma pentaphylla. Some spe- 
cies of Eucalyptus and of Lophostemon are so 
called in Australia. 
boy 1 (boi), n. [< ME. boy, boye, boi ; of obscure 
origin, prob. LG. : cf. E. Pries, boi. boy, a young 
man; not easily connected with MLG. LG. 
h< in; a boy, a knave, = MD. boef, a boy, D. 
boef, a knave, = OHG. "buobo (only as a proper 
name, Buobo), MHG. buobe, Or. bitbe, dial, bub, 
btta, a boy, a knave, = Icel. bofi = Sw. bof, a 
knave. Of. Icel. Bui, Dan. Boye, a proper name.] 
1. A male child, from birth to full growth, 
but especially from the end of infancy to the 
beginning of youth : also applied to a young 
man, implying immaturity, want of vigor or 
judgment. et<-. 
Speak thou, 600 ; 
Perhaps thy childishness will more him more 
Than can our reasons. Shnt., Cor., v. 3. 
Men of worth ami parts will not easily admit the famil- 
iarity of boy t who yet need the care of a tutor. Lock*. 
2. In familiar or playful use (usually in the 
plural), a grown man regarded as one of the 
boycott 
iiuiT memlier- ,,f a family, as an intimate 
friend or associate, or as having in any respect 
a boyish relation or character. 
Then, to sea, boyi. Skat., Tempest, U. 2. 
We are Roman 6oy all. and boyi of mettle. 
Ftetchrr, Bonduca, II. 4. 
Speclfl<"illv in Hi.- I niti-il states (a) In the South, es- 
pecially ix'fnn- ill-- ul>oljiioM of slavery, a negro man. (6) 
An unscrupulous local politician, especially in a Urge 
city; one of tin- nin<.-i-iv <>r Biiludinates of the "ma- 
tiiiii-' of a party in local politics and elections: as, a 
Ilrk.-l not an -cptablf to the Ooyi. 
S. A youngservant; a page: as. "boys, grooms, 
and lackeys," Shale., Hen. VIII.. v. '2. Hence lu 
< iimpMuiiii v...r.i .in;. ! imt-s applied to grown men with- 
out any i<lra of yontb or contempt : as, a potboy. 
4. [Supposed by some to be "a corruption of 
Hind, bhaiee, a servant"; but the Hind, word, 
prop, iihiii, means ' brother,' and boy in this 
use is merely the E. word. Cf. 6oy 2 .] In India 
and the treaty-ports of China and Japan, etc., 
a native male servant, especially a personal 
servant; a butler or waiter, house-boy, office- 
boy, etc., as distinguished from a coolie or 
porter: in common use among foreigners. 
Boy-bishop, a name sometimes given to Ht. Nicholas, 
the patron of scholars, but more particularly of school- 
boys, from the fact that he was remarkable for very early 
piety; also, a name given, according to a very ancient 
custom, which wan abolished In the reign of Henry VIII., 
to a boy chosen from the cathedral choir on St. Nicholas's 
day (December 6th) as a mock bishop. The boy enjoyed 
episcopal honors till Innocents' Day (December 28th), and 
the rest of the choir were his prebends. 
In those bygone times all little boyseither sang, or served, 
about the altar, at church ; and the first thing they did 
upon the eve of their patron's festival was to elect from 
among themselves, In every parish church, cathedral, and 
nobleman's chapel, a bishop and his officials, or, as they 
were then called, "a Nicholas and his clerks." This boy- 
bitthop and his ministers afterwards sang the flrst vespers 
of their saint; and, in the evening, arrayed in their ap- 
propriate vestments, walked all about the parish. 
Hack, Church of our Fathers, III. II. 216. 
Old boy, a familiar name for the devil. 
They used to have witch Sabba' days and witch sacra- 
ments, and sell their souls to the "// boy. 
Mr*. Stum, Oldtowu, p. 194. 
Roaring boys. See roaring. Yellow-boys, gold coins ; 
guineas, eagles, napoleons, etc. [Slang. ] 
boy 1 (boi), v. t. [< Sow 1 , .] If. To treat as a 
boy, or as something belonging to or befitting 
a boy. 
My credit's murder'd, 
Baffled, and boy'd. 
Beau, (iml Ft., Knight of Malta, II. 3. 
2. To act or represent in the manner of a boy : 
in allusion to the acting by boys of women's 
parts on the stage. [Rare.] 
I shall see 
Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. 
Shak., A. andt'., v. S. 
boy 2 (boi), . [Anglo-Ind., also written boyee, 
bhoyee, boee, bhoee, repr. Hind, bhoi, < Telugu 
lini, prop, a man of the fisherman caste, whose 
usual occupation is the carrying of litters and 
palankins. or, as in Madras, domestic service.] 
In India, as far north as the Nerbudda river, a 
palankin-bearer. Yule and Burnell, Anglo-Ind. 
Glossary. 
boyar (boi'fir), n. [< Rnss. boyarinu, pi. hot/are, 
formerly bolyarinii = Bulg. boltrin = Serv. bol- 
yar = Pol. bojar (> Turk, boyar = Hung, boidr 
= Lith. bajoratt = MGr. poifait, foh&Sai, etc.), < 
OBulg. bolyarinii, appar. < boliy, great, illustri- 
ous.] A personal title given to the highest class 
of Russian officials previous to the reign of Peter 
the Great. The title conferred a rank in the state, but 
brought no special duties with It. Then} was, however, a 
council of boyars, and it was customary to add to pub- 
lic papers, "The bat/art have approved of it" The title 
gradually died out in the reign of Peter the Great, as It 
was no longer newly conferred. (Sfhuylfr, Peter the 
Great.) The term in popular usage came to signify the 
higher aristocracy. It still lingers in Rumania, when the 
popular name for the conservatives is the boyar party. 
boyard (boi'ard), n. Same as boyar. 
boyau (bwo-yo'), n. : pi. boyaux (-yoz'). [F., 
< OF. boel, a gut, > 13. boirel : see boicel and 
IHII/,, a.] In fort., a ditch covered with a para- 
pet, serving as a means of communication be- 
tween two trenches, especially between the 
first and third parallels. Also called a ~i;i:uii 
or an approach. 
boy-blindt (boi'blind), a. Blind as a boy; 
undiscerning : as, "so boy-blind and foolish," 
Fletcher (and another). Love's Pilgrimage, iii. 2. 
[Rare.] 
boycott (bpi'kot), . t. [From the name of the 
first prominent victim of the system, Captain 
Boycott, a farmer at Lough Mask, Connemara, 
and the agent of Lord Earne, an Irish land- 
lord.] To combine (a) in refusing to work for, 
buy from, sell to, give assistance to, or have 
any kind of dealings with, and (b) in prevent- 
ing others from working for, buying from, sell- 
