boxedadj.

Brit.

/bɒkst/, U.S.

/bɑkst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: box v.², -ed suffix¹; box n.², -ed suffix².

Etymology: Partly < box v.² + -ed suffix¹, and partly < box n.² + -ed suffix².

1. Of a wheel, axle, etc.: fitted with a box (box n.² 7). Cf. box v.² 2a. Now historical.With quot. 1497 cf. half-box n. at half adj. Compounds 2.

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1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 86 And the said ij demy curtowes..with old beddes and wheles half boxed.

1828 Times 25 Sept. (advt.) Stanhope, nearly new, most substantially built, patent axletree, boxed wheels, lamps, rug, &c.

1914 C. W. Gay Productive Horse Husbandry iv. xvii. 286 The construction of the metal axle with boxed hub wheel, designed to meet if not to minimize friction.

1958 J. N. Covert Dolley Madison x. 110 The ‘chariot’ he bought had windows all around, boxed wheels and oil lamps.

2. Enclosed in a box; surrounded by a box or casing. In later use frequently of a food item: packed in a box.With early use alluding to the Eucharist, cf. box n.² 2a.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > [adjective] > enclosed or confined

upshetc1440

pinneda1450

close1489

pent1542

boxed?1548

impent1633

upshut1658

confined1796

shut-in1849

?1548 (title) Notable Textes of the scriptures which declare of what vertue, strength and holines the pixed or boxed God is.

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxiii. 103 Their [i.e. Papists'] skaer-spright water, boxed Boanes, their hostes.

1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner ii. vii. 114 There is some [plants] that cannot endure the house, who must be set at the South wall..in prepared boxed beds with folding Glass frames to lift up and down at pleasure.

1786 H. Lemoine Kentish Curate I. 128 There were two boxed beds in the room.

1881 Chicago Times 12 Mar. The following is the present railroad tariff on flour, grain, and boxed meats from Chicago to the eastern points named.

1900 Times 15 Mar. 8/1 The boxed machinery.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 29 Aug. 10/1 The reception and despatch of the boxed fruit.

1936 N.Y. Woman 23 Sept. 37/1 For ship model enthusiasts Wanamaker's toy department has a knock-down boxed model of the Queen Mary.

2008 S. Reinhardt Dishing with Kitchen Virgin 3 I've learned how to take a tacky..boxed meal and class it up with cheese and a colorful side dish.

3. Shaped like a box; having a square or rectangular cross-section; box-like, square, cuboid.

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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > cube > cuboid

squarea1475

rectangular?a1560

diced1671

boxed1798

cuboidal1803

cuboid1829

1798 G. Blagdin in G. Washington Papers (1999) Retirement Ser. III. 147 In one of the Houses is to be a movable partition in one frame, to move up and be received in the Boxed double stoothing partition in the Chamber made for that purpose.

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 341 Mill-cloose,..the boxed wood-work which conducts the water into mill wheels.

1876 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. (new ed.) III. 2634/1 Trunk,..A boxed passage for air to or from a blast apparatus or blowing-engine.

1929 Needlecraft Apr. 17/1 Should you not wish to go to the trouble of making a boxed cushion with a colored background, a very effective small ‘tuck-in’ can be made of the cream-colored linen.

1963 Good Housek. Home Encycl. (ed. 5) 30 Fitted Tailored Sheets, those with boxed ends simplify bed-making.

2001 T. DeMauro Orig. Pontiac GTO i. 19/2 Channeled side rails were stipulated for the hard-tops, and the convertibles used boxed side rails for increased rigidity.

4. Of text or images: enclosed within a border of rules or lines.

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1903 Shoe Retailer 11 Nov. 25/2 Do you find that this little boxed ad. in your big advertisement brings business?

1984 M. K. Futrell & P. Geisert Well-trained Computer ii. vii. 135 Various graphics, such as..boxed text, colors (when available), flashing words, etc., could be employed to draw the student's attention to a portion of the screen.

2013 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 9 Mar. 17 It [sc. a book] is..organised magazine-style, with many subheadings, break-out quotes, answers to set questions and boxed quotes.

Compounds

C1. With adverbs, corresponding to phrasal verbs at box v.², as in boxed-in, boxed-up.

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1817 Philos. Mag. & Jrnl. 50 290 The mechanism is boxed-in and secure from all external injury.

1828 J. A. B. Beaumont Trav. Buenos Ayres vi. 133 Women seldom travel there, when they do, if they be of the higher class, they purchase coaches; if of the gaucho order, they ride in a boxed-up seat sideways.

1850 Engineer & Machinist Aug. 186/1 From the end of this beam a perforated bucket is suspended through a boxed-in space.

1865 J. D. Burn Three Years among Working-classes in U.S. 254 It is often dangerous for a person with boxed-up notions to try the experiment of letting them loose in company.

1921 E. Ferber Girls (1935) iv. 59 The house was thought a grand affair, with its tin bathtub and boxed-in wash-bowl on the second floor.

1960 Times 16 Sept. 16/7 The acoustics of the theatre..giving a boxed-in sound to the score.

1992 B. Coote Trade Trap xi. 142 The highway.along which the boxed-up fruit is transported for export.

2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 June 56/4 Porter is as sympathetic to the men who find themselves in boxed-in conditions as she is to the women.

C2.

boxed set n. a collection of related items, esp. film or music recordings or books, packaged and sold together in a box; cf. box set n. 2.

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1894 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 10 Dec. 8/4 A boxed set of four tiny volumes, attractive without and within.

1895 Chicago Tribune 22 Dec. 3/6 The boxed set of three volumes of literary studies, now republished by the new firm, are as bright and rich in book lore as when they first appeared.

1947 New Yorker 22 Mar. 102/2 You should allow yourself three hours to listen to Columbia's two-volume boxed set of Handel's ‘Messiah’.

2006 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 3 June i1 Though some of the films are available as singles, the boxed set contains added features on the bonus disc.

boxed shutters n. window shutters which fold into boxings (boxing n.¹ 7.).

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1776 London Evening-post 13–16 July (advt.) Sashes hang double. Shutters boxed.

1802 C. Barton Powell's Orig. Precedents in Conveyancing IV. 225 Two pair floor, two rooms wainscotted square work; four windows of wainscot sashes, with two pannelled boxed shutters, and deal foldings; sashed doors, with one iron bolt.

1998 Evening Standard (Nexis) 21 Oct. 22 Woodwork London's Georgian Houses..is a specialist in period joinery, which includes windows, traditional internal boxed shutters, alcove bookcases, doors, floors, panelling and fitted cupboards.

boxed wine n. wine packaged in a plastic or foil pouch with a spigot, inside a sturdy cardboard box (cf. bag-in-a-box at bag n. Additions); = box wine n. at box n.² Compounds 6.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > types of wine > [noun] > wine packaged in a pouch inside a box

boxed wine1977

box wine1980

1977 Times-Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 12 Aug. 11/2 Geyser Peak of Sonoma County is selling its boxed wines in a smaller one gallon container for home use.

2017 M. Ross Wine, All the Time x. 255 Boxed wine is not just for grandmas. These days, there are legit bougie boxed wines, like geeky-good wines!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boxed
释义	boxedadj. Brit. /bɒkst/, U.S. /bɑkst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: box v.², -ed suffix¹; box n.², -ed suffix². Etymology: Partly < box v.² + -ed suffix¹, and partly < box n.² + -ed suffix². 1. Of a wheel, axle, etc.: fitted with a box (box n.² 7). Cf. box v.² 2a. Now historical.With quot. 1497 cf. half-box n. at half adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 86 And the said ij demy curtowes..with old beddes and wheles half boxed. 1828 Times 25 Sept. (advt.) Stanhope, nearly new, most substantially built, patent axletree, boxed wheels, lamps, rug, &c. 1914 C. W. Gay Productive Horse Husbandry iv. xvii. 286 The construction of the metal axle with boxed hub wheel, designed to meet if not to minimize friction. 1958 J. N. Covert Dolley Madison x. 110 The ‘chariot’ he bought had windows all around, boxed wheels and oil lamps. 2. Enclosed in a box; surrounded by a box or casing. In later use frequently of a food item: packed in a box.With early use alluding to the Eucharist, cf. box n.² 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > [adjective] > enclosed or confined upshetc1440 pinneda1450 close1489 pent1542 boxed?1548 impent1633 upshut1658 confined1796 shut-in1849 ?1548 (title) Notable Textes of the scriptures which declare of what vertue, strength and holines the pixed or boxed God is. 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxiii. 103 Their [i.e. Papists'] skaer-spright water, boxed Boanes, their hostes. 1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner ii. vii. 114 There is some [plants] that cannot endure the house, who must be set at the South wall..in prepared boxed beds with folding Glass frames to lift up and down at pleasure. 1786 H. Lemoine Kentish Curate I. 128 There were two boxed beds in the room. 1881 Chicago Times 12 Mar. The following is the present railroad tariff on flour, grain, and boxed meats from Chicago to the eastern points named. 1900 Times 15 Mar. 8/1 The boxed machinery. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 29 Aug. 10/1 The reception and despatch of the boxed fruit. 1936 N.Y. Woman 23 Sept. 37/1 For ship model enthusiasts Wanamaker's toy department has a knock-down boxed model of the Queen Mary. 2008 S. Reinhardt Dishing with Kitchen Virgin 3 I've learned how to take a tacky..boxed meal and class it up with cheese and a colorful side dish. 3. Shaped like a box; having a square or rectangular cross-section; box-like, square, cuboid. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > cube > cuboid squarea1475 rectangular?a1560 diced1671 boxed1798 cuboidal1803 cuboid1829 1798 G. Blagdin in G. Washington Papers (1999) Retirement Ser. III. 147 In one of the Houses is to be a movable partition in one frame, to move up and be received in the Boxed double stoothing partition in the Chamber made for that purpose. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 341 Mill-cloose,..the boxed wood-work which conducts the water into mill wheels. 1876 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. (new ed.) III. 2634/1 Trunk,..A boxed passage for air to or from a blast apparatus or blowing-engine. 1929 Needlecraft Apr. 17/1 Should you not wish to go to the trouble of making a boxed cushion with a colored background, a very effective small ‘tuck-in’ can be made of the cream-colored linen. 1963 Good Housek. Home Encycl. (ed. 5) 30 Fitted Tailored Sheets, those with boxed ends simplify bed-making. 2001 T. DeMauro Orig. Pontiac GTO i. 19/2 Channeled side rails were stipulated for the hard-tops, and the convertibles used boxed side rails for increased rigidity. 4. Of text or images: enclosed within a border of rules or lines. ΚΠ 1903 Shoe Retailer 11 Nov. 25/2 Do you find that this little boxed ad. in your big advertisement brings business? 1984 M. K. Futrell & P. Geisert Well-trained Computer ii. vii. 135 Various graphics, such as..boxed text, colors (when available), flashing words, etc., could be employed to draw the student's attention to a portion of the screen. 2013 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 9 Mar. 17 It [sc. a book] is..organised magazine-style, with many subheadings, break-out quotes, answers to set questions and boxed quotes. Compounds C1. With adverbs, corresponding to phrasal verbs at box v.², as in boxed-in, boxed-up. ΚΠ 1817 Philos. Mag. & Jrnl. 50 290 The mechanism is boxed-in and secure from all external injury. 1828 J. A. B. Beaumont Trav. Buenos Ayres vi. 133 Women seldom travel there, when they do, if they be of the higher class, they purchase coaches; if of the gaucho order, they ride in a boxed-up seat sideways. 1850 Engineer & Machinist Aug. 186/1 From the end of this beam a perforated bucket is suspended through a boxed-in space. 1865 J. D. Burn Three Years among Working-classes in U.S. 254 It is often dangerous for a person with boxed-up notions to try the experiment of letting them loose in company. 1921 E. Ferber Girls (1935) iv. 59 The house was thought a grand affair, with its tin bathtub and boxed-in wash-bowl on the second floor. 1960 Times 16 Sept. 16/7 The acoustics of the theatre..giving a boxed-in sound to the score. 1992 B. Coote Trade Trap xi. 142 The highway.along which the boxed-up fruit is transported for export. 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 June 56/4 Porter is as sympathetic to the men who find themselves in boxed-in conditions as she is to the women. C2. boxed set n. a collection of related items, esp. film or music recordings or books, packaged and sold together in a box; cf. box set n. 2. ΚΠ 1894 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 10 Dec. 8/4 A boxed set of four tiny volumes, attractive without and within. 1895 Chicago Tribune 22 Dec. 3/6 The boxed set of three volumes of literary studies, now republished by the new firm, are as bright and rich in book lore as when they first appeared. 1947 New Yorker 22 Mar. 102/2 You should allow yourself three hours to listen to Columbia's two-volume boxed set of Handel's ‘Messiah’. 2006 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 3 June i1 Though some of the films are available as singles, the boxed set contains added features on the bonus disc. boxed shutters n. window shutters which fold into boxings (boxing n.¹ 7.). ΚΠ 1776 London Evening-post 13–16 July (advt.) Sashes hang double. Shutters boxed. 1802 C. Barton Powell's Orig. Precedents in Conveyancing IV. 225 Two pair floor, two rooms wainscotted square work; four windows of wainscot sashes, with two pannelled boxed shutters, and deal foldings; sashed doors, with one iron bolt. 1998 Evening Standard (Nexis) 21 Oct. 22 Woodwork London's Georgian Houses..is a specialist in period joinery, which includes windows, traditional internal boxed shutters, alcove bookcases, doors, floors, panelling and fitted cupboards. boxed wine n. wine packaged in a plastic or foil pouch with a spigot, inside a sturdy cardboard box (cf. bag-in-a-box at bag n. Additions); = box wine n. at box n.² Compounds 6. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > types of wine > [noun] > wine packaged in a pouch inside a box boxed wine1977 box wine1980 1977 Times-Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 12 Aug. 11/2 Geyser Peak of Sonoma County is selling its boxed wines in a smaller one gallon container for home use. 2017 M. Ross Wine, All the Time x. 255 Boxed wine is not just for grandmas. These days, there are legit bougie boxed wines, like geeky-good wines! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1497
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