Found 1 hit - Term: to box the compass, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
box \box\, v. t. cf.sp. boxar, now spelt bojar.
to boxhaul.
1913 webster
to box off naut., to turn the head of a vessel either way
by bracing the headyards aback.
to box the compass naut., to name the thirty-two points
of the compass in their order.
1913 webster
see also:
to box off to box the compass
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