Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Box \Box\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boxed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Boxing}.]
   1. To inclose in a box.

   2. To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.

   3. (Arch.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to
      bring to a required form.

   {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.

Box \Box\, v. t. [Cf.Sp. boxar, now spelt bojar.]
   To boxhaul.

   {To box off} (Naut.), to turn the head of a vessel either way
      by bracing the headyards aback.

   {To box the compass} (Naut.), to name the thirty-two points
      of the compass in their order.