BOX'ING, participle present tense Inclosing in a box; striking with the fist; furnishing with a box. BOX'ING, noun The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist. BOX'-THORN, noun [box and thorn.] A plant, the Lycium, or a species of it.
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