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To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize. He was blackballed at two clubs in succession. Thackeray.

A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.

A European fish (Box vulgaris), having a compressed body and bright colors; -- called also box, and bogue.

The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.

A box. [Obs.]

A small fancy box or dish for bonbons.

nd bone, mineral matters, etc., hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes, etc.

g to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices. Bottom glade, a low glade or open place; a valley; a dale. Milton. -Bottom grass, grass growing on bottom lands. -- Bottom land. See 1st Bottom, n., 7.

e on the brain, to have constantly in one's thoughts, as a sort of monomania. [Low] Brain box or case, the bony on cartilaginous case inclosing the brain. -- Brain coral, Brain stone coral (Zoöl), a massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the sur…

d with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.

ience of the officer in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects the paddle boxes. -- Bridge of the nose, the upper, bony part of the nose. -- Cantalever bridge. See under Cantalever. -- Draw bridge. See Drawbridge. -- Flying bridge, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as for the passage of armi…

amond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below. This snuffbox -- on the hinge see brilliants shine. Pope.

To fight with the fists; to box. Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. Thackeray.

A boxer; a pugilist. R. Browning. Like a new bruiser on Broughtonic aand, Amid the lists our hero takes his stand. T. Warton.

To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. They spit in his face and buffeted him. Matt. xxvi. 67.

One who buffets; a boxer. Jonson.

-- Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks. -- Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure.

A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night. [U.S.]

A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. [Scot.] Jamieson.

The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.