boxy a also boxey. Descriptive of wood from certain trees, tough, gnarled.
   1915 HOWLEY 212n [Beothuk bows were made] also of a species of fir called boxy fir, a hard grown, tough, springy wood, so I have been informed by the Micmacs. 1933 MERRICK 134-5 We have picked up some odd words from [man in Labrador], too, such as ... boxy, which is used only of wood, and means the dark, tough wood that grows in the bend of a crooked tree. Boxy wood is the only hardwood in this country. P 94-58 'A boxy black spruce'—a log of wood difficult to saw because of irregular grain. P 148-64 Boxy timber will crack if you put a nail through it; is hard, different colour than the rest of the wood. 1965 PETERS Gloss ~ [describes a] type of wood, particularly spruce, which tends to make a saw bind. After being sawn lengthwise, this type of wood tends to curl. 1980 TAYLOR 385 [Boxy wood is] lumber which has the heart or center portion of a tree running through its entire length.

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