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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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BOX, v.¹

1. “To wainscot, to cover with boards” (Sc. 1808 Jam.). An extended use of St.Eng. box.Sc. 1825 Jam.²:
A' the rooms i' the house are box'd.Ags. 1718 Dundee Kirk Session Records (12 May):
That the west side of the session house be boxed and broads made ther and the persons names . . . to be put on with Gold letters.

ppl.adj. box'd. Used fig.: sheltered, walled in.Abd. 1801 W. Beattie Fruits of Time Parings 34:
Ye gentle fouk, 'at win in towns, At canty fires, in well-box'd bouns.

 vbl.n. boxin', boxen, “wainscotting, protective boarding” (Ayr.⁸ 1935).Sc. 1726 James Macaulay The Classical Country House in Scotland (1987) 117:
Ane Accompt of the Boxeing of the house of Balvenie.Abd. 1763 Abd. Jnl. N. & Q. I. 89:
Provost Robertson's Lodgings on West side of Gallowgate, containing large diningroom (wainscoated and painted, within the boxing of which is a stand for a large bed).Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.:
Boxin', the protective woodwork covering piping in a room; also, wainscotting.Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.:
Boxen, a casing of wood such as is round the sides of a farm cart.

2. In Court of Session practice: to lodge the papers required in a law-suit by the Court with the clerk who puts them into the appropriate box for the judge or officials concerned. See Box-day. Sc. 1838 Bell Dict. Law Scot. 110:
The interlocutors pronounced by any of the Lords Ordinary become final, unless a reclaiming note be boxed. Sc. 1916 J. A. Maclaren Ct. Sess. Practice 8:
One of the clerks of the Inner House Judges is in attendance in the Box Room for the purpose of receiving and boxing printed papers.Edb. 1854 Edb. Ev. Courant (17 Oct.):
Wednesday last being the first box-day in the autumn vacation, there were boxed and lodged with the Inner House clerks 40 Reclaiming Notes.