box
1. A container for maps, bundles of loose sheets,
samples of materials, disintegrating books, etc.,
that may be open at one end or completely closed
in. See also: CUT
CORNER PAMPHLET FILE ;PAMPHLET BOX ;PRINCETON FILE ;PULL-OFF BOX ;SLIPCASE ;SOLANDER BOX . 2. A
leather "marble" consisting of marbling water
thrown on in small drops, followed by small spots
of brown and black. Additional marbling water is
then thrown on in large drops, followed by small
spots of blue sprinkled on. When all is dry,
scarlet and two or three coats of orange are
sprinkled on. The leather is bent and twisted in
several places during the course of applying the
colors and water to form veins. 3. A surface
pattern in leather, usually black calfskin,
consisting of fine, box-shaped creases formed by
BOARDING (1) the
skin in two directions, head to tail and belly to
belly. See also: WILLOW (2) 4. The
trough-like receptacles on a folding machine into
which the folded sections drop. 5. One of the
magazines of a gathering machine. (66 , 152 , 339 , 363 )
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