oxboyt (oksboi)

A boy who tends cattle; a cow-boy. The ox - boy as ill is as hee, Or worser, if worse may be found. Tu er, Husbandry, A Comparison. ox-brake (oks'brāk), n. A kind of frame in which oxen are placed for shoeing. ox-cheek (oks'chēk), n. See jowl , 2. The king regaled himself with a plate of ox- cheek . Smollett , Ferdinand Count Fathom, xl. IMG:content-2087.png:[blocks in formation] seen on the coast of Africa, which presages a storm.-4. pl. Small concave mirrors made, especially in Nuremberg, of gla .- Creep ing oxeye, Wedelia carnosa. Also called West In IMG:content-2088.png:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small] 1. Branch with Heads of Oxeye Daisy (Chrysanthemum dian marigold. [West In- Leu can the mum). 2. The lower dies.]-Oxeye bean. See part of the plant. a, a ray-flower; disk-flower. beani. - Oxeye daisy. See daisy. - Seaside oxeye, Borrichia arbores cens. [West Indies. ] - Yellow oxeye, the corn-marigold. ox-eyed (oks'id), a. [ βοῶπις, ox-eyed: see boöpic, boöps.] large full eyes, like those of an ox. Having Homer useth that epithet of ox - eyed in describing Juno, because a round black eye is the best. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 471.