(boks) noun
1. A receptacle or case of wood or other material, usually having a lid.
2. Any of various objects or receptacles resembling a box.
3.. Mech. An axle bearing, casing, or other enclosed cavity.
4. The raised seat of a coach, the body of a wagon, etc.
5. A building, structure, or compartment with some resemblance or analogy to a box, as a compartment in a theater, restaurant, etc.
6. The quantity contained in a box or that a box will hold.
7. Either of the rectangular spaces on a baseball field in which the batsman or pitcher stands.
8. A gift or present packed in a box.
9. A box stall for a horse or bovine animal.
10. A flag house, sentry house, or similar small building for a watchman or the like.
11. A small house in the country; a shooting-box.
12. The place in a courtroom where the jury, a prisoner, or witnesses are railed in.
13. A cavity made in the trunk of a tree to collect its sap, as in extracting turpentine, etc.
14. A difficulty or predicament.
—v.t.
1. To put into or enclose in a box: often with up.
2. To furnish with a bushing or box.
3. To boxhaul.
4. To fit into a mortise, as a tenon.
—to box the compass
1. To recite in order the 32 points of the compass.
2. To make a complete revolution; adopt successively all possible opinions on a question. [OE <Med. L buxis, blend of L buxus boxwood and pyxis box (both <Gk. pyxos boxwood). Doublet of PYX.]
—box′er noun

(boks) v.t.
1. To cuff or buffet, especially about the ears and side of the head.
2. To fight (another) in a boxing match.
—v.i.
3. To fight in a boxing match.
4. To be a prize fighter.
—noun A slap or cuff with the hand on the ear or the cheek. See synonyms under BLOW [ME; origin uncertain]

(boks) noun
A small evergreen tree or shrub (genus Buxus) of the Old World, cultivated as a border or hedge; especially, any variety of B. sempervirens. [OE <L buxus <Gk. pyxos boxwood]