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Webster 1913 Edition

Oxhead

Ox′headˊ

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Hogshead
.]
Literally, the head of an ox (emblem of cuckoldom); hence, a dolt; a blockhead.
Dost make a mummer of me,
oxhead
?
Marston.

Definition 2025

oxhead

oxhead

English

Noun

oxhead ‎(plural oxheads)

  1. The head of an ox; an emblem of cuckoldom.
  2. A dolt; a blockhead.
    Dost make a mummer of me, oxhead? — Marston.

Etymology

ox +‎ head. Compare hogshead.

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