boxing

Noun
Synonyms: pugilismfisticuffspacking

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. fighting with the fistsSynonyms: pugilismfisticuffs
  2. the enclosure of something in a package or boxSynonyms: packing
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Box \Box\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Boxing.] [1913 Webster]

1.To inclose in a box. [1913 Webster]

2.To furnish with boxes, as a wheel. [1913 Webster]

3.(Arch.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Boxing \Box"ing\, n.

1.The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation. [1913 Webster]

2.Material used in making boxes or casings. [1913 Webster]

3.Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing. [1913 Webster]

4.(Arch.) The external case of thin material used to bring any member to a required form. [1913 Webster]

Boxing \Box"ing\, n. The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring; pugilism. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

Boxing glove, a large padded mitten or glove used in sparring for exercise or amusement. [1913 Webster]

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