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to box the compass

From 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]

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