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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Box, Boxe, n. Also: boix, bokis, pl. boxsis. [ME. box, boxe, OE. box.] A box, esp. one for keeping money or documents in.Frequent in town and guild records in the 16th c. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 248.
Boxis he bair with fine electuairis a1500 Bk. Chess 1963.
The box quhilk his letteris in he beris 1520 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 200.
Ilk bonetmakar … sall pay for thair vpset thretty shillingis to thair awin box 1543 Ib. II. 113.
That thair be bot ane commoun box betuix baith the said craftis 1546 Lynd. Trag. Card. 69.
My boxsis and my threasure tyll auance c1550 Id. Meldrum 938.
Scho … maid hir to take furth ane boxe [: lokkis] 1562 Will Agnes Betoun 225.
Item viij bressine chandeleris with three boxis 1570 Sat. P. xxii. 78.
Jak in the bokis, for all thy mokis a vengeance mot the fall! 1579 St. A. Baxter Bks. 27.
Keparis of the keis of the box 1582 Ib. 30; etc.
To pay to the box … fourtye schillynges 1646 Irvine Mun. II. 65.
To uplift thair unlawis to be put in thair awin severall boxis