The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boist
Boist \Boist\, n. [OF. boiste, F. bo[^i]te, from the same root as E. box.] A box. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
boist
n. (context obsolete English) A box.
Usage examples of "boist".
He found a tin can --- possibly left in a leaky boat before its final boist to the davits --- and gave her a drink, to which he had added a few drops of the whisky.