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Etymology 1
Noun
- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, , →OCLC, page 55:A terrible voice in the hall cried, "Bring down Master Scrooge's box, there!" and in the hall appeared the schoolmaster himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a ferocious condescension, and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him.
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, , London: W Taylor , →OCLC, page 325:Firſt he had brought me a Caſe of bottles full of excellent Cordial Waters, ſix large Bottles of Madera Wine; the Bottles held two Qarts a-piece; two Pound of excellent good Tobacco, twelve good Pieces of the Ship’s Beef, and ſix Pieces of Pork, with a Bag of Peaſe, and about a hundred Weight of Biſket. He brought me also a Box of Sugar, a Box of Flour, a Bag full of Lemons, and two Bottles of Lime-juice, and abundance of other Things: […]