dictionary definitions for "boxing"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  boxing
      n 1: fighting with the fists [syn: pugilism, fisticuffs]
      2: the enclosure of something in a package or box [syn:
         packing]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Box \Box\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
     Boxing.]
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     1. To inclose in a box.
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     2. To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.
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     3. (Arch.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to
        bring to a required form.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Boxing \Box"ing\, n.
     1. The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage
        or transportation.
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     2. Material used in making boxes or casings.
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     3. Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.
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     4. (Arch.) The external case of thin material used to bring
        any member to a required form.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Boxing \Box"ing\, n.
     The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist;
     sparring; pugilism. --Blackstone.
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     Boxing glove, a large padded mitten or glove used in
        sparring for exercise or amusement.
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