† flax-boxn.Obsolete a box to hold the flax or tow match for firing a caliver or matchlock.
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flax-box1576
matchbox1786
1576 in J. Harland Lancashire Lieutenancy under Tudors & Stuarts (1859) I. 77 Six calliuers, fyve flaxe boxes.