spice apple (spisap"l)

An aromatic variety spiceberry (spīs'beri), n.; pl. spiceberries (-iz). gs, etc. The checkerberry or wintergreen, Gaultheria cie, species, cies, specie, = It. spezie, species, kind, pl. spices, drugs, riety; species. IMG:content-1734.png:[blocks in formation] procumbens. 1. A box to keep spice-box (spis'boks), n. spices in; specifically, a cylindrical box inclos- ing a number of smaller boxes to contain the dif- ferent kinds of spice used in cooking.-2. In decorative art , a cylindrical box, low in prop or- tion to its diameter, and having a lid; especial- ly, such a box of Indian or other Oriental work. and decorated with damascening or otherwise. Spice-boxes are usually of metal, often of gold or silver, Small boxes of very graceful form, covered with the most delicate tracery, and known to Europe ans as spice- boxes . G. C. M. Bird wood , Indian Arts, L. 160.