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Webster 1913 Edition
Ox
Ox
(ŏks)
, Noun.
pl.
Oxen
(#)
. [AS.
oxa
; akin to D. os
. G. ochs
, ochse
, OHG. ohso
, Icel. oxi
, Sw. & Dan. oxe
, Goth. aúhsa
, Skr. ukshan
ox, bull; cf. Skr. uksh
to sprinkle. √214. Cf. Humid
, Aurochs
.] (Zool.)
The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals, male and female.
All sheep and
oxen
, yea, and the beasts of the field. Ps. viii. 7.
☞ The castrated male is called a steer until it attains its full growth, and then, an ox; but if castrated somewhat late in life, it is called a stag. The male, not castrated, is called a bull. These distinctions are well established in regard to domestic animals of this genus. When wild animals of this kind are spoken of, ox is often applied both to the male and the female. The name ox is never applied to the individual cow, or female, of the domestic kind. Oxen may comprehend both the male and the female.
Grunting ox
(Zool.)
, the yak.
– Indian ox
(Zool.)
, the zebu.
– Javan ox
(Zool.)
, the banteng.
– Musk ox
. (Zool.)
See under
– Musk
. Ox bile
. See
– Ox gall
, below. Ox gall
, the fresh gall of the domestic ox; – used in the arts and in medicine.
– Ox pith
, ox marrow.
[Obs.]
Marston.
– Ox ray
(Zool.)
, a very large ray (
– Dicerobatis Giornae
) of Southern Europe. It has a hornlike organ projecting forward from each pectoral fin. It sometimes becomes twenty feet long and twenty-eight feet broad, and weighs over a ton. Called also sea devil
. To have the black ox tread on one’s foot
, to be unfortunate; to know what sorrow is (because black oxen were sacrificed to Pluto).
Leigh Hunt.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ox
OX
,Noun.
plu.
The male of the bovine genus of quadrupeds, castrated and grown to his size or nearly so. The young male is called in America a steer. The same animal not castrated is called a bull. These distinctions are well established with us in regard to domestic animals of this genus. When we speak of wild animals of this kind, ox is sometimes applied both to the male and female, and in zoology, the same practice exists in regard to the domestic animals. Sop in common usage, a pair of bulls yoked may be sometimes called oxen. We never apply the name ox to the cow or female of the domestic kind. Oxen in the plural may comprehend both the male and female.
Definition 2024
Ox
Ox
English
Proper noun
Ox
- (astronomy) a Chinese constellation located near Capricorn, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
- The second of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- A surname.
ox
ox
English
Noun
ox (plural oxen)
- An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus)
- Any bovine animal (tribe Bovini) used as a beast of burden
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Translations
an adult castrated male of cattle
any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
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Descendants
Azeri
Etymology
From Old Turkic ok, from Proto-Turkic.
Noun
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | ох |
| Roman | ox |
| Perso-Arabic | اوْخ |
ox (definite accusative oxu, plural oxlar)
Declension
declension of ox
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ox | oxlar |
| definite accusative | oxu | oxları |
| dative | oxa | oxlara |
| locative | oxda | oxlarda |
| ablative | oxdan | oxlardan |
| definite genitive | oxun | oxların |