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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Boxen \Box"en\ (b[o^]ks"'n), a.
   Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box
   (Buxus). [R.]
   [1913 Webster]

         The faded hue of sapless boxen leaves.   --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]
2. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
boxen
 /bok'sn/, pl.n.

    [very common; by analogy with VAXen] Fanciful plural of box often
    encountered in the phrase ?Unix boxen?, used to describe commodity Unix
    hardware. The connotation is that any two Unix boxen are interchangeable.
3. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
boxen

   /bok'sn/ (By analogy with VAXen) A fanciful plural of box
   often encountered in the phrase "Unix boxen", used to describe
   commodity Unix hardware.  The connotation is that any two
   Unix boxen are interchangeable.

   [Jargon File]

   (1994-11-29)
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