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Definition: To box the compass
Box
\Box\, v. t. [Cf.Sp. boxar, now spelt bojar.]
To boxhaul.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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