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box
bōx, bōcis, m., = βώξ, βόαξ, a sea-fish , otherwise unknown, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145. In Paul. ex ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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box
I. Box-tree Box-gum ,n. The name is applied to many Eucalypts, and toa few trees of the genus Tr...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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badger-box
n. slang name for a roughly-constructed dwelling. 1875. `Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasma...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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box-wood
n. a New Zealand wood, Olealanceolata, Hook., N.O. Jasminea (Maori name, Maire). Used by the `Welli...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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dwarf-box
n. Eucalyptus microtheca,F. v. M. See Box. This tree has also many other names.See Maiden's `Useful...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bad box
To be in a bad box, is to be in a bad predicament. I began to be afraid now I'd got into rather a b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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match-box bean
n. another name for the ripehard seed of the Queensland Bean, Entadascandens, Benth., N.O. Legumino...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Jack in a Box
i.q. Hair-trigger (q.v.). 1854. `The Home Companion,' p. 554: «When previously mentioning the eleg...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris