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oxen

ˈɑksən
WordNet
Hilly landscape with trees bending in the wind. In the background a carriage drawn by oxen. Dark clouds in the sky.
Hilly landscape with trees bending in the wind. In the background a carriage drawn by oxen. Dark clouds in the sky.
  1. (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"
Illustrations
Landscape with a Khoikhoi working his field. He drives the oxen that pull the plow.
Landscape with a Khoikhoi working his field. He drives the oxen that pull the plow.
A shepherd boy with a staff, followed by two oxen, at sunset. On the right is a plow.
A shepherd boy with a staff, followed by two oxen, at sunset. On the right is a plow.
The female personification of the element Earth rides on a triumphal chariot, pulled by oxen. She is crowned with the wall crown. Symbols of the zodiac, lobster, lion and virgin on the cart, which correspond to the months of June, July and August. In the background Phaëthon's tomb, surrounded by his sisters turned poplars. In the frame in the margin a two-line caption in Latin.
The female personification of the element Earth rides on a triumphal chariot, pulled by oxen. She is crowned with the wall crown. Symbols of the zodiac, lobster, lion and virgin on the cart, which correspond to the months of June, July and August. In the background Phaëthon's tomb, surrounded by his sisters turned poplars. In the frame in the margin a two-line caption in Latin.
Album page with four photos: central men working with oxen. Top left and right and below a man and a woman on horseback. This may concern Dr. C. Gramberg and his wife H. Gramberg-Goossen, both working in the colony. Under an island off the coast near the colony. Part of Photo album leper colony Danaradja and family recordings.
Album page with four photos: central men working with oxen. Top left and right and below a man and a woman on horseback. This may concern Dr. C. Gramberg and his wife H. Gramberg-Goossen, both working in the colony. Under an island off the coast near the colony. Part of Photo album leper colony Danaradja and family recordings.
October. Vast landscape with fields and field fires. On the left oxen by a dump cart.
October
Two men are busy transporting reeds with a wagon pulled by two oxen (former Dutch East Indies). One man sits on the reed on the wagon and the other, with a machete in hand, stands in front of the oxen pulling the wagon.
Two men are busy transporting reeds with a wagon pulled by two oxen (former Dutch East Indies). One man sits on the reed on the wagon and the other, with a machete in hand, stands in front of the oxen pulling the wagon.
A boy dancing between a plow and two oxen, on the right Thenot and Colinet.
A boy dancing between a plow and two oxen, on the right Thenot and Colinet.
A skeleton with a scythe, depicting Death, stands on a cart pulled by two oxen. The dead and dying are crushed under the wheels of his chariot. Two clergymen pray for the souls. In the background lies the destiny of these souls, they go to hell with the great mouth of hell and purgatory or heaven. Latin inscription in two lines: NASCENTES MORIMVR FINIS ... SVA QUENOZ MANET
A skeleton with a scythe, depicting Death, stands on a cart pulled by two oxen. The dead and dying are crushed under the wheels of his chariot. Two clergymen pray for the souls. In the background lies the destiny of these souls, they go to hell with the great mouth of hell and purgatory or heaven. Latin inscription in two lines: NASCENTES MORIMVR FINIS ... SVA QUENOZ MANET
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) oxen
    Plural of ox.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (pl) Oxen
    used for both male and female
Quotations
William Butler Yeats
The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God the herdsman treads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.
William Butler Yeats
Water for oxen, wine for kings.
Spanish Proverb
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. oxa, pl. oxan; Ice. uxi; Ger. ochs, Goth. auhsa, Sans. ukshan.

Usage in the news

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

Usage in scientific papers

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

Usage in literature

He said that he should like better to learn to drive oxen than to take a ride on horseback. "Stuyvesant" by Jacob Abbott

The waggons were all drawn by oxen, having six, eight, or ten according to their size or weight. "Captain Bayley's Heir:" by G. A. Henty

The wagon was exchanged for another, suitable for oxen. "The Boy Settlers" by Noah Brooks

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 Chalkley J. Hambleton

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 Jules Verne

On the Plains, oxen were better than horses for getting their feed and fording streams. "Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail" by Ezra Meeker

The working oxen have to be fed. "The Greater Power" by Harold Bindloss

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 Anonymous

Those who had oxen killed the oxen and sold the beef. "The Cariboo Trail" by Agnes C. Laut

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 U.S. Department of Agriculture

Usage in poetry
Then said Olaf, laughing,
"Not ten yoke of oxen
Have the power to draw us
Like a woman's hair!
You will drive a team of oxen,
You will sow and dig --
Just the things that I should like to
Do, when I am big.
THRESH, thresh, ye oxen, well,
Yea, thresh for us amain;
The straw is yours — to sell :
We'll keep the golden grain.
And I hear him carolling softly
A sweet and simple lay,
That we often have sung together,
While he turns the oxen away.
Oft with a bleating Lamb in either Arm,
His blushing Sister saw him pace along;
Oft wou'd his Voice the silent Valley charm,
Till lowing Oxen broke the tender Song.
But only the wise men knelt and praised,
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!