Boxen \Box"en\ (b[o^]ks"'n), a. Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box ({Buxus}). [R.] The faded hue of sapless boxen leaves. --Dryden.
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)