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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

n.plu. oxen. pron. ox'n. The male of the bovine genus of quadrupeds, castrated and grown to his size or nearly so. The young male is called in America a steer. The same animal not castrated is called a bull. These distinctions are well established with us in regard to domestic animals of this genus. When we speak of wild animals of this kind, ox is sometimes applied both to the male and female, and in zoology, the same practice exists in regard to the domestic animals. Sop in common usage, a pair of bulls yoked may be sometimes called oxen. We never apply the name ox to the cow or female of the domestic kind. Oxen in the plural may comprehend both the male and female.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ox, n.; pl. Oxen. Etym: [AS. oxa; akin to D. os. G. ochs, ochse, OHG. ohso, Icel. oxi, Sw. & Dan. oxe, Goth. aúhsa, Skr. ukshan ox, bull; cf. Skr. uksh to sprinkle. Humid, Aurochs. ] (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field. Ps. viii. 7.

Note: The castrated male is called a steer until it attains its full growth, and then, an ox; but if castrated somewhat late in life, it is called a stag. The male, not castrated, is called a bull. These distinctions are well established in regard to domestic animals of this genus. When wild animals of this kind are spoken of, ox is often applied both to the male and the female. The name ox is never applied to the individual cow, or female, of the domestic kind. Oxen may comprehend both the male and the female. Grunting ox (Zoöl.), the yak. -- Indian ox (Zoöl.), the zebu. -- Javan ox (Zoöl.), the banteng. -- Musk ox. (Zoöl.) See under Musk. -- Ox bile. See Ox gall, below. -- Ox gall, the fresh gall of the domestic ox; -- used in the arts and in medicine. -- Ox pith, ox marrow. [Obs. ] Marston. -- Ox ray (Zoöl.), a very large ray (Dicerobatis Giornæ ) of Southern Europe. It has a hornlike organ projecting forward from each pectoral fin. It sometimes becomes twenty feet long and twenty-eight feet broad, and weighs over a ton. Called also sea devil. -- To have the black ox tread on one's foot, to be unfortunate; to know what sorrow is (because black oxen were sacrificed to Pluto ). Leigh Hunt.

New American Oxford Dictionary

ox |äks ɑks | ▶noun ( pl. oxen |ˈäksən | ) a domesticated bovine animal kept for milk or meat; a cow or bull. See cattle ( sense 1 ). • a castrated male of this, formerly much used as a draft animal: [ as modifier ] : an ox cart. • an animal of a group related to the domestic ox. See cattle ( sense 2 ). ORIGIN Old English oxa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch os and German Ochse, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit ukṣán ‘bull. ’

Oxford Dictionary

ox |ɒks | ▶noun ( pl. oxen |ˈɒks (ə )n | ) a domesticated bovine animal kept for milk or meat; a cow or bull. See cattle. • a castrated bull used as a draught animal: [ as modifier ] : an ox cart. • used in names of wild animals related to or resembling a domesticated ox, e.g. musk ox. ORIGIN Old English oxa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch os and German Ochse, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit ukṣán ‘bull ’.

American Oxford Thesaurus

ox noun a team of oxen: bull, bullock, steer; Farming beef.

Oxford Thesaurus

ox noun bull, bullock, steer, beef; beast of burden, draught animal.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ox /ɑks |ɔks /名詞複 oxen /-s (ə )n /C 1 (去勢した )雄牛 (!鳴き声鳴くはbellow, low 2, 子はcalf; 農耕労役食肉に利用し, cow 1 と違って力強いイメージがある; →cow 1 , bull 1 ) ▸ strong as an ox 牛のように力強い .2 ウシ (!雌雄に関係なく総称的に ) .3 牛のように力持ちの人 ; 鈍重な人, ぶかっこうな人 .