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Word: boxed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...gaze of a man in the box on their right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOCIETY PICTURES. | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

...same as the old pulling weight, but in the details of construction it is vastly superior. Wooden pulleys on steel shafts have been substituted for the old iron pulleys, and the cowhide has been replaced by Manila rope. The weights are placed in a stout wooden box, which is guided in its rise and fall by steel rods. When not in use this box rests on a rubber pad preventing the disagreeable jerk and jar which invariably ensued when the weight was allowed to descend a little too far. The weights can be put in or removed from this box...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GYMNASIUM APPARATUS. | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

...such conveniences. Opening out of this are the superintendent's office, the reading-room, where all the newspapers and magazines may be found, another reading-room, and the writing-room. Here are to be found all sorts of directories, post-office guides, c letters for abroad placed in the boxes in this room are stamped and posted by the club, while those placed in the box for the town are delivered once an hour, - a great convenience where distances are so great as between Christ Church and Keble, for instance. On a table at the end of the room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE OXFORD UNION. | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

...SMALL silver box has been lost between Memorial Hall and Sever's. The finder will confer a favor by calling or sending his address to No. 52 Brattle Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 10/24/1879 | See Source »

...MAHONEY, Secretary, P. O. Box...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR SPORTING COLUMN. | 5/16/1879 | See Source »

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