boxwoodn.

Brit.

/ˈbɒkswʊd/, U.S.

/ˈbɑksˌwʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: box n.¹, wood n.¹

Etymology: < box n.¹ + wood n.¹Earlier currency, apparently in a sense ‘wood or grove of box trees’, is perhaps implied by the place name Boxwode (1298; now Box Wood, Oxfordshire).

1. The wood of the common box, Buxus sempervirens (box n.¹ 1), characteristically light cream to yellow in colour, and used esp. by woodturners and wood engravers because of its fine grain and high density.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > box

buschbome1513

boxwood1601

box1852

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 493 You must except the Oke and the Box wood, which although they be greene, do stiffely withstand the saw-gate.

1652 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 131. 2025, 834 Logs of Box wood.

1769 W. Richardson in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 20 Two [balls]..of brass, and two of box-wood.

1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid x, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 351 Inlaid in boxwood, or in ebony.

1913 G. I. H. Lloyd Cutlery Trades 95 A straight iron blade set in a wooden handle, the latter generally consisting of dudgeon or box-wood.

2015 Church Times 23 Oct. 29/5 (caption) Rosary bead or prayer-nut: carved in boxwood.

2. A tree of the genus Buxus; esp. the common box, B. sempervirens. Cf. box n.¹ 1.Also as a mass noun or with unchanged plural.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > box-tree or shrub > [noun]

box treeOE

boxOE

busshe1430

dwarf box1578

ground-box1578

bush-tree1595

boxwood1652

tree-box1731

1652 Mercurius Zeteticus 4 Whether the Stool of Repentance which being made of a Pulpit, turned afterwards to be a Gibbet, was not such another transformation, as if Box-wood, after it had brought forth figs, should become thereafter a Pine-tree?

1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) i. 49 Its honey hath always been accounted better, by reason of the boxwood and yew.

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. vii. 197 Fringes of boxwood grew here and there.

1953 Sci. News Let. 2 May 287/2 Boxwoods can be kept in better condition with some of the new insecticides which are more effective..in controlling pests of these ornamental shrubs.

2017 Daily Tel. (National ed.) (Nexis) 1 Apr. (Features section) 14 As you wander along beautifully landscaped paths of boxwood, umbrella pines, lavender and cypresses, take in sweeping views of the Dordogne.

3. Also with distinguishing word. Any of various other trees or shrubs thought to resemble the common box, Buxus sempervirens, in some way, esp. in having hard wood. Also: the wood of such a tree.American boxwood, Jamaica boxwood, Maracaibo boxwood: see the first element.

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1805 J. M. Walker in C. Caldwell Med. Theses 304 The Cornus Florida, which is well known in many parts of the United States by the name of Dogwood, and less generally by that of Boxwood, is a very common vegetable in many parts of North-America.

1886 Gardeners' Chron. 17 July 72/3 Under the name of Bandina Boxwood some blocks are shown of a remarkably hard wood... It is, however, of a dark brown colour, which, it seems, unfits it for the better kind of work.

1896 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 9 186 Amelanchier Canadensis..dogwood, boxwood, wild pear, June plum, West.

1939 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 20/1 Cassinia Fulvida or Boxwood. The local name for this is boxwood or tauhina.

1971 F. H. Titmuss Commerc. Timbers World (ed. 4) 79 Boxwood, West Indian. This is sometimes sold as Maracaibo Boxwood, Venezuelan Boxwood or Zapetero, and is the product of a tree..of tropical America, more especially from the Maracaibo district of Venezuela.

2004 W. Bethard Lotions, Potions, & Deadly Elixirs 166 American dogwood, often called boxwood or rose willow, is a tree, Cornus florida.

Compounds

C1. As a modifier (in sense 2) with the sense ‘of or relating to the box tree; consisting of box trees’.

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1748 W. Gilpin Dialogue upon Gardens Lord Viscount Cobham 48 They..begin to see the Absurdity of their clipped Yews, their Box-wood Borders, their flourished Parterres.

1880 Printing Times May 116/1 One or two remaining Abkhasian boxwood forests.

1955 J. P. Donleavy Ginger Man xx. 229 Boxwood mazes for me to get lost in.

2016 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 26 Mar. c5 Belting the edges, rows of evergreen Boxwood shrubs will enclose three different size boulders in a triangular formation in the middle.

C2. As a modifier (in sense 1) with the sense ‘made of boxwood’.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > box-tree or shrub > [adjective]

boxen1578

box-like1640

buxiferous1656

buxeous1731

boxwood1795

1795 E. Darwin Let. 28 Apr. (2007) 477 With box-wood spigot and faucet.

c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 314/1 Boxwood charcoal answers best.

1958 M. Dolmetsch Personal Recoll. A. Dolmetsch viii. 88 The ancient boxwood and ivory recorder which Arnold had brought over from England.

2015 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Apr. 66/4 The boxwood snuff container forever in his hands.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boxwood
释义	boxwoodn. Brit. /ˈbɒkswʊd/, U.S. /ˈbɑksˌwʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: box n.¹, wood n.¹ Etymology: < box n.¹ + wood n.¹Earlier currency, apparently in a sense ‘wood or grove of box trees’, is perhaps implied by the place name Boxwode (1298; now Box Wood, Oxfordshire). 1. The wood of the common box, Buxus sempervirens (box n.¹ 1), characteristically light cream to yellow in colour, and used esp. by woodturners and wood engravers because of its fine grain and high density. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > box buschbome1513 boxwood1601 box1852 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 493 You must except the Oke and the Box wood, which although they be greene, do stiffely withstand the saw-gate. 1652 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 131. 2025, 834 Logs of Box wood. 1769 W. Richardson in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 20 Two [balls]..of brass, and two of box-wood. 1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid x, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 351 Inlaid in boxwood, or in ebony. 1913 G. I. H. Lloyd Cutlery Trades 95 A straight iron blade set in a wooden handle, the latter generally consisting of dudgeon or box-wood. 2015 Church Times 23 Oct. 29/5 (caption) Rosary bead or prayer-nut: carved in boxwood. 2. A tree of the genus Buxus; esp. the common box, B. sempervirens. Cf. box n.¹ 1.Also as a mass noun or with unchanged plural. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > box-tree or shrub > [noun] box treeOE boxOE busshe1430 dwarf box1578 ground-box1578 bush-tree1595 boxwood1652 tree-box1731 1652 Mercurius Zeteticus 4 Whether the Stool of Repentance which being made of a Pulpit, turned afterwards to be a Gibbet, was not such another transformation, as if Box-wood, after it had brought forth figs, should become thereafter a Pine-tree? 1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) i. 49 Its honey hath always been accounted better, by reason of the boxwood and yew. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. vii. 197 Fringes of boxwood grew here and there. 1953 Sci. News Let. 2 May 287/2 Boxwoods can be kept in better condition with some of the new insecticides which are more effective..in controlling pests of these ornamental shrubs. 2017 Daily Tel. (National ed.) (Nexis) 1 Apr. (Features section) 14 As you wander along beautifully landscaped paths of boxwood, umbrella pines, lavender and cypresses, take in sweeping views of the Dordogne. 3. Also with distinguishing word. Any of various other trees or shrubs thought to resemble the common box, Buxus sempervirens, in some way, esp. in having hard wood. Also: the wood of such a tree.American boxwood, Jamaica boxwood, Maracaibo boxwood: see the first element. ΚΠ 1805 J. M. Walker in C. Caldwell Med. Theses 304 The Cornus Florida, which is well known in many parts of the United States by the name of Dogwood, and less generally by that of Boxwood, is a very common vegetable in many parts of North-America. 1886 Gardeners' Chron. 17 July 72/3 Under the name of Bandina Boxwood some blocks are shown of a remarkably hard wood... It is, however, of a dark brown colour, which, it seems, unfits it for the better kind of work. 1896 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 9 186 Amelanchier Canadensis..dogwood, boxwood, wild pear, June plum, West. 1939 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 20/1 Cassinia Fulvida or Boxwood. The local name for this is boxwood or tauhina. 1971 F. H. Titmuss Commerc. Timbers World (ed. 4) 79 Boxwood, West Indian. This is sometimes sold as Maracaibo Boxwood, Venezuelan Boxwood or Zapetero, and is the product of a tree..of tropical America, more especially from the Maracaibo district of Venezuela. 2004 W. Bethard Lotions, Potions, & Deadly Elixirs 166 American dogwood, often called boxwood or rose willow, is a tree, Cornus florida. Compounds C1. As a modifier (in sense 2) with the sense ‘of or relating to the box tree; consisting of box trees’. ΚΠ 1748 W. Gilpin Dialogue upon Gardens Lord Viscount Cobham 48 They..begin to see the Absurdity of their clipped Yews, their Box-wood Borders, their flourished Parterres. 1880 Printing Times May 116/1 One or two remaining Abkhasian boxwood forests. 1955 J. P. Donleavy Ginger Man xx. 229 Boxwood mazes for me to get lost in. 2016 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 26 Mar. c5 Belting the edges, rows of evergreen Boxwood shrubs will enclose three different size boulders in a triangular formation in the middle. C2. As a modifier (in sense 1) with the sense ‘made of boxwood’. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > box-tree or shrub > [adjective] boxen1578 box-like1640 buxiferous1656 buxeous1731 boxwood1795 1795 E. Darwin Let. 28 Apr. (2007) 477 With box-wood spigot and faucet. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 314/1 Boxwood charcoal answers best. 1958 M. Dolmetsch Personal Recoll. A. Dolmetsch viii. 88 The ancient boxwood and ivory recorder which Arnold had brought over from England. 2015 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Apr. 66/4 The boxwood snuff container forever in his hands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1601
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