boxen

Adjective

(comparative more boxen, superlative most boxen)

Made of boxwood.
Resembling box (the wood).

Origin

From Middle English boxen, replacing earlier bixen, from Old English byxen (“made of boxwood”), equivalent to box +‎ -en.

Noun

(plural)

(computing, slang) Multiple computers (occasionally a single computer), especially those running UNIX.

Origin

box +‎ -en (plural marker)

A nonstandard plural of box formed by analogy with oxen. The standard plural of box is boxes; -en is no longer a plural in standard use. See -en for details.

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