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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ŏx, n. p. 934The male of the bovine genus of quadrupeds, especially when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. ☞ The young male is called, in America, a steer. The same animal, not castrated, is…Ox-ăc'id, n. p. 934(Chem.) An oxygen acid; an acid which contains oxygen.Ox-ăl'a-mīde, n. p. 934(Chem.) The same as OXAMIDE.ŏx'a-late, n. p. 934(Chem.) A salt formed by a combination of oxalic acid with a base.Ŏx-ăl'ic, a. p. 934Pertaining to, contained in, or obtained from, sorrel. Oxalic acid, an acid found in many plants, to which it gives a sourish taste, as the wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosella), and many lichens. It is…Ŏx'a-lis, n. p. 934(Bot.) A genus of plants having an acid taste; wood-sorrel. Gray.Ŏx'a-lite, n. p. 934(Min.) A yellow mineral consisting of oxalate of iron; humboldtine. Dana.Ōx'a-mīde, n. p. 934(Chem.) A substance obtained by the distillation of oxalate of ammonia, and differing from it in containing two equivalents less of water.Ōx'bāne, n. p. 934(Bot.) A plant; Buphonos. Ainsworth.Ōx'bird, n. p. 934(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Tringa; a species of sandpiper.Ōx'-bōw, n. p. 934Part of an ox-yoke, consisting of a curved piece of wood to encircle an ox's neck.ŏx'eye, n. p. 934(Bot.) (a.) A plant of the genus Buphthalmum. (b.) A plant of the genus Anthemis. (c.) The ox-eye daisy or Chrysanthemum. (d.) A plant of the genus Helenium; sneeze-wort. 2. (Ornith.) A bird of the…Ŏx'-ē'yed, a. p. 934Having large, full eyes, like those of an ox. Burton.Ōx'-fly, n. p. 934A fly hatched under the skin of cattle.Ōx'gāng, n. p. 934(O. Eng. Laws.) As much land as an ox can plow in a season; said to be fifteen acres, or, as others allege, twenty acres.ŏx'-gōad, n. p. 934An instrument with a sharp iron point for goading on oxen.Ŏx'-hĕad, n. p. 934The head of an ox;—a term of contempt. [Obs.] Dost make a mummer of me, ox-head? Marston.Ōx'hēal, n. p. 934A plant; Helleborus foetidus; bear's foot; setterwort, or stinking hellebore. Booth.ŏx'-hīde, n. p. 934The skin of an ox, which when tanned makes a thick quality of leather used for articles requiring great strength. 2. A measure of land, being as much as could be encircled by a hide cut into narrow…Ōx'id-a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 934The capability of being converted into an oxide.ŏx'id-a-ble, a. p. 934Capable of being converted into an oxide.Ŏx'id-āte, v. t. p. 934(Chem.) To convert into an oxide, as metals and other substances, by combination with oxygen. ☞ It differs from acidify, to make acid, or to convert into an acid, as in oxidation the oxygen that…ŏx'id-ā'tion, n. p. 934(Chem.) The operation or process of converting into an oxide, as metals or other substances, by combining with them a certain portion of oxygen.Ōx'id-ā'tor, n. p. 934(Chem.) A contrivance for causing the external current of air to impinge on the flame of the Argand lamp;—called also oxygenator.Ōx'ide, n. p. 934(Chem.) A compound of oxygen and a base destitute of acid and salifying properties. ☞ This word has been variously written oxide, oxyd, oxyde, and oxid. It was introduced into the present system of…ŏx'id-īz'ā-ble, a. p. 935Capable of being oxidized.ŏx'id-ize, v. t. p. 935To convert into an oxide; to oxidate. ☞ Oxidize and its derivatives are now more generally used than oxidate.ŏx'id-ize'ment, n. p. 935Oxidation.Ox-īd'ū-lā'ted, a. p. 935(Chem.) Existing in the state of a protoxide; — said of an oxide.Ōx'i-ōd'ic, a. p. 935(Chem.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, oxygen and iodine.Ŏx'lip, n. p. 935(Bot.) A plant; the great cowslip; Primula elatior.Ox-ō'ni-an, n. p. 935A student or graduate of Oxford University, in England.Ŏx'pĕck-er, n. p. 935(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Buphaga, found in South Africa; beef-eater. Baird.Ŏx'-pĭth, n. p. 935Ox-marrow. [Obs.] Marston.Ŏx'-stall, n. p. 935A stall or stand for oxen.ŏx'ter, n. p. 935The armpit. [Prov. Eng.]Ŏx'tŏngue, n. p. 935(Bot.) (a.) A plant of the genus Picris. (b.) A plant of the genus Anchusa; bugloss. (c.) A plant of the genus Helminthia (H. echioides), having stout prickles. Eng. Cyc.ŏx'y-chlō'rie, a. p. 935(Chem.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and chloric acid; — said of a certain acid obtained from chlorate of potassa, and called also hyperchloric and perchloric acid.ŏx'y-crāte, n. p. 935A mixture of water and vinegar. [Obs.] Wiseman.Ŏx'y-gen, n. p. 935(Chem.) A gaseous element, destitute, in its ordinary condition, of taste, color, and smell, possessing strong chemical affinities. Its combination with bodies, when rapid, produces combustion, and…ŏx'y-gen-āte, v. t. p. 935To unite or cause to combine with oxygen.ŏx'y-gĕn-ā'tion, n. p. 935The act, operation, or process, of combining with oxygen.Ōx'y-gen-ā'tor, n. p. 935See OXIDATOR.Ōx'y-gen-iz/a-ble, a. p. 935Capable of being oxygenized.Ŏx'y-gĕn-īze, v. t. p. 935To convert into an oxide; to oxygenate.Ōx'y-gen-īze'ment, n. p. 935Oxygenation.Ox-y̆g'en-oûs, a. p. 935Pertaining to oxygen, or obtained from it.Ŏx'y-gŏn, n. p. 935(Geom.) A triangle having three acute angles.Ŏx-y̆g'ŏ-nal or Ŏx'y-gō'ni-al, a. p. 935Having acute angles. Barlow.Ŏx'y-hȳ'drō-gen, a. p. 935Of, or pertaining to, a mixture or combination of oxygen and hydrogen; as, oxyhydrogen gas. Oxyhydrogen blowpipe (Chem.), a kind of blowpipe, in which oxygen and hydrogen gases are burned together in…ŏx'y-mĕl, n. p. 935A mixture of vinegar and honey. Oxymel, that is to say, honey and water sodden together, with the said roots and seeds [of fennel and parsley], and a quantity of vinegar put thereto in the boiling…Ŏx'y-mō'ron, n. p. 935(Rhet.) A figure in which an epithet of a quite contrary signification is added to a word; as, cruel kindness.Ōx'y-mū'ri-ate, n. p. 935(Chem.) A chloride; — a term formerly applied to the chlorides, on the supposition that they were compounds of a supposed acid, called oxymuriatic acid, and a base. Oxymuriate of lime, the chloride…ŏx'y-mū'ri-āt'ic, a. p. 935(Chem.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid. Oxymuriatic acid, chlorine, formerly so called, on the supposition that it was a compound of oxygen and muriatic acid.Ŏx'y-ō'pi-ă, n. p. 935Ōx'y-o-py p. 935Excessive acuteness of the sense of sight, owing to increased sensibility of the retina. Dunglison.Ox-ÿph'o-ny, n. p. 935Acuteness of voice.Ox-y̆r'i-ă, n. p. 935(Bot.) A genus of plants, including but a single species (O. digyna), the leaves of which have an acid taste similar to that of sorrel; mountain sorrel. Gray.Ox-ȳr'rho-dine, n. p. 935(Med.) A mixture of two parts of the oil of roses with one of the vinegar of roses. Floyer.Ōx'y-salt, n. p. 935(Chem.) A compound of an acid containing oxygen and a salifiable base.