oxen
ˈɑksən-
(n)
oxen
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age "so many head of cattle","wait till the cows come home","seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible","a team of oxen"
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(n)
oxen
Plural of ox.
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(pl)
Oxen
used for both male and female
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. oxa, pl. oxan; Ice. uxi; Ger. ochs, Goth. auhsa, Sans. ukshan.
To a Vermont college, a decision to slaughter two retired oxen and serve the meat in the dining hall is sustainable agriculture at work. foxnews.com
York College is hosting a Vermont-based professor on Tuesday whose college has made national headlines for its consideration of slaughtering a team of retired oxen used on campus. yorkdispatch.com
Once, European royalty dined at Derry's Oxen Yoke. derrynews.com
An admirer of oxen , strength and simplicity. 2.swvatoday.com
If the thought of eating horse meat makes you queasy, what about strong, sturdy oxen . opb.org
(AP) — To a Vermont college, a decision to slaughter two retired oxen and serve the meat in the dining hall is sustainable agriculture at work. mlive.com
College Oxen Will Not Be Used For Food. ltx.com
Students have learned to drive the oxen team for haying and tilling, creating bonds with the giant animals. onlineathens.com
Vermont College's Oxen -Slaughter Plan Riles Activists. kolotv.com
College Won't Eat The Oxen . kwtx.com
Let oxen die with dignity. timesargus.com
Oxen protesters met by opposition protesters. rutlandherald.com
A Vermont college euthanized one its farm oxen Sunday that have been at the center of an uproar over the college's decision to process the animals into meat. star-telegram.com
Bob Berman's Strange Universe: Odd patterns, dead oxen . astronomy.com
Put your oxen to work. independentmail.com
Si, j contains at most one state [A→a · b, t ] for every dotted production A→a · b in G; 2 i.e., turning like oxen in ploughing (Webster).
Random Generation and Approximate Counting of Combinatorial Structures
Pairs of musk-oxen can be successfully attacked by wolves but groups are rarely attacked Tener .
Switching model with two habitats and a predator involving group defence
He said that he should like better to learn to drive oxen than to take a ride on horseback. "Stuyvesant" by
The waggons were all drawn by oxen, having six, eight, or ten according to their size or weight. "Captain Bayley's Heir:" by
The wagon was exchanged for another, suitable for oxen. "The Boy Settlers" by
The situation had become serious and our only hope was to reach the Platte river before the oxen were famished from thirst. "A Gold Hunter's Experience" by
The weather being pleasant, they resolved to consecrate the day to a reconnaissance of the country, and the search of musk-oxen. "The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras" by
On the Plains, oxen were better than horses for getting their feed and fording streams. "Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail" by
The working oxen have to be fed. "The Greater Power" by
The rich man took the sack and the ram, and the poor man took the oxen and went out to the plough. "Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales" by
Those who had oxen killed the oxen and sold the beef. "The Cariboo Trail" by
In work oxen the case is different, and acute symptoms may develop, but even then the animal may often be fitted for the butcher. "Special Report on Diseases of Cattle" by
"Not ten yoke of oxen
Have the power to draw us
Like a woman's hair!
You will sow and dig --
Just the things that I should like to
Do, when I am big.
Yea, thresh for us amain;
The straw is yours — to sell :
We'll keep the golden grain.
A sweet and simple lay,
That we often have sung together,
While he turns the oxen away.
His blushing Sister saw him pace along;
Oft wou'd his Voice the silent Valley charm,
Till lowing Oxen broke the tender Song.
And only the shepherds came to see,
And the rest of the world cared not at all
For the little Christ in the oxen's stall;
And we are angry and amazed
That such a dull, hard thing should be!