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Definition of Oxter
1. n. The armpit; also, the arm.
Definition of Oxter
1. Noun. (chiefly Scotland Ireland) The armpit. (defdate From 15th C) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oxter
1. the armpit [n -S] - See also: armpit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxter
Literary usage of Oxter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narratives from Criminal Trials in Scotland by John Hill Burton (1852)
"... and is laid again by taking of a dog under thy left oxter (shoulder) in the
right hand, and casting the same in his mouth, and speaking the word ..."
2. Tariff Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of by United States Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means (1908)
"Secretary United M oxter Butchery' Association of America. CANNED FOODS. 64 PEARL
AND 34 WATER STREETS, New York, November 16,1908. Hon. ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"OXTAR, oxter, «. Bor. 1. ... To go arm in arm with, S. I^ds oxter lasses without
fear, Or dance like wad, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"oxter, the armpit and the space between the shoulder and the bosom; ... He did
like ony mavis sing, And as I in his oxter sat He ca'd me aye his bosome ..."
5. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"oxter, the armpit and the space between the shoulder and the bosom; ... Here the
phrase "sitting in his oxter " is equivalent to sitting folded in his arms, ..."
6. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"26, Plate 93, which represents, in section, part of an oxter plate with the ...
Many of the holes in an oxter, or dished keel plate, cannot be punched, ..."
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