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One who packs boxes.

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

One who buffets; a boxer. Jonson.

A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron.

ying jib. Dana. -- Light sleeper, one easily wakened. -- Light weight, a prize fighter, boxer, wrestler, or jockey, who is below a standard medium weight. Cf. Feather weight, under Feather. [Cant] -- To make light of, to treat as of little consequence; to slight; to disregard. -- To set light by, to undervalue; to s…

-- Prize fighter, one who fights publicly for a reward; -- applied esp. to a professional boxer or pugilist. Pope. -- Prize fighting, fighting, especially boxing, in public for a reward or wager. -- Prize master, an officer put in charge or command of a captured vessel. -- Prize medal, a medal given as a prize. --…

One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer.

The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.

A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch. [Cant] Grose.

One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter. [Cant or Slang]

A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that of a lightweight and that of a middleweight.

y for a blow, or to augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers. The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be Reserved for Cæsar. Dryden.