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B — Book to Branch (Part 9 of 11)

Bow-hand, n.

    1. (Archery.) The left hand.
    2. (Mus.) The right hand.

Bowl, n.

    1. Goblet, beaker
    2. Hollow, depression, receptacle.

Bowman, n. Archer, sagittary.

Bow-window, n. Bay-window.

Box, n.

    1. Case, receptacle, chest.
    2. Driver’s seat, coachman’s seat.
    3. Enclosed seat or seats (in a theatre).
    4. Blow, stroke, cuff, buffet.

Box, v. a.

    1. Enclose in a box, case, put in chests or cases.
    2. Strike (with the hand or fist, as the ears), buffet, cuff.

Box, v. n. Spar, practise pugilism, play at fisticuffs, practise with the gloves.

Box-berry, n. Wintergreen, tea-berry, partridge-berry, mountain-tea (Gaultheria procumbens).

Box-elder, n. Ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides, Negundium Americanum).

Boy, n. Lad, stripling, male child.

Boyish, a.

    1. Of boyhood.
    2. Childish, puerile.