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box(4) (iou)



box verb1 trans. LME.
[from BOX noun2.]
Provide or fit with a box; put into a box, enclose in a box or casing; fit compactly as in a box; fig. confine and restrict the movement of, confine uncomfortably. Freq. foll. by in, up. LME.
b. Print within a border of rules. E20.
Bleed by cupping. LME-E17.
Make an excavation in the trunk of (a tree) for sap to collect. E18.
Mix up, muddle, (esp. different flocks of sheep). Chiefly Austral. & NZ. M19.