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Definition of Oxhead
1. n. Literally, the head of an ox (emblem of cuckoldom); hence, a dolt; a blockhead.
Definition of Oxhead
1. Noun. The head of an ox; an emblem of cuckoldom. ¹
2. Noun. A dolt; a blockhead. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oxhead
1. a blockhead [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxhead
Literary usage of Oxhead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Maine State Water Storage Commission (1914)
"oxhead LAKE, upper, T 40, MD, Hancock County; inlet, outlet of small lake; outlet
into oxhead Lower Lake, oxhead Stream, Brandy Stream, Main Stream, ..."
2. The Development of Language: An Elementary Study of Language History and of by Harry Fletcher Scott, Wilbert Lester Carr (1921)
"It is believed to be derived from a Dutch word meaning 'oxhead.' We do not know
why the word was used in this sense, although it has been supposed that the ..."
3. The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and by Frederick Thomas Elworthy (1886)
"oxhead [auk-seed], sl>. Hogshead. (Always.) Plase, sir, I be come arter th' empty
oxhead. ..."
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