oxmushroom (oksmush" rom)

A name sometimes given to very large specimens of the common mushroom, Agaric us campestris. Oxon. An abbreviation of Oxonia (or Oxonia ), a Middle Latin name for Oxford in England, noted Oxon. for its university, or of Oxoniensis, belonging to Oxford: sometimes placed after an academic degree conferred by that seat of learning: as, D. C. L. Oxon. Oxonian (ok-sō'ni-an), a. and n. [ [Eng.] I've been selling Oxonian button - overs ("Oxonian" shoes, which cover the instep, and are closed by being buttoned instead of being stringed through four or five holes) at 3s. 6d. and 4s., but they was really good, and soled and heeled. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, II. 49. II. n. 1. A native or an inhabitant of Oxford; a member or a graduate of the University of Oxford.-2. An Oxonian button-over. [Eng.] Not long since I had a pair of very good Oxonians that had been new welted, and the very first day I had them on sale-i Mit was dull drizzly day lad tried to prig them. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II. 48.