boxen

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boxen - 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]

boxen - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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)
  

boxen - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 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.