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"expansion": "box",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A blow with the fist."
],
"links": [
[
"blow",
"blow"
],
[
"fist",
"fist"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɔks/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔks"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "boxe"
}
],
"word": "box"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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