·noun 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.
Heb. bakar, "cattle;" "neat cattle", (Gen. 12:16; 34:28; Job 1:3, 14; 42:12, etc.); not to be muzzle...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
There was no animal in the rural economy of the Israelites, or indeed in that of the ancient Orienta...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Mentioned only in Judg. 3:31, the weapon with which Shamgar (q.v.) slew six hundred Philistines. "Th...
He must go through the ox house to bed; a saying of an old fellow who marries a young girl. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
an ox, or cow-stall. Exm. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A small cloud, or weather-gall, seen on the coast of Africa, which presages a severe storm. It appea...
The Sailor's Word-Book