faking box (faking boks)

A peculiarly constructed box used in the life-saving service for coiling lines attached to shot in such a way as to prevent tangling or knotting in transportation or in firing. fakirl (fa-kēr'), n. [Also written fakeer, seer, and sometimes (after F.) faquir, Anglo-Ind. fakir, fuqeer, etc., The character of a fakir is held in great estimation in this country. Bogle , in Markham's Tibet, I. 49. He is a fakeer , or holy man, from Timbuctoo. B. Taylor , Lands of the Saracen, p. 22. 2. A Hindu devotee or ascetic; a yogi. fakir2, n. A mi pelling of faker2.