oxter

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

oxters

1.
(Ireland, Northern England, Scotland)(chiefly Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) The armpit.
And begob there he was passing the door with his books under his oxter and the wife beside him and Corny Kelleher with his wall eye looking in as they went past, […]

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

oxters

V_ing/Gerund

oxtering

V_ed/pp

oxtered

1.
(transitive)To hug with the arms, or support by taking the arm of.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

armpit axilla underarmarmhole

Cùng gốc / liên quan

oxtercog

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Nguồn gốc từ

Apparently from Middle English *oxtere, *oxte, from Old English ōxta, ōhsta, related to ōxn, eax, and eaxl (shoulder), from *ahslu (shoulder), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (joint of the shoulder), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (axis, axle). See also axis and axon.