ox-hornn.

Brit.

/ˈɒkshɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈɑksˌ(h)ɔrn/

Forms: see ox n. and horn n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ox n., horn n.

Etymology: < ox n. + horn n. In sense 2 probably after scientific Latin buceras, specific epithet (Linnaeus Systema Naturae (ed. 10, 1759) II.1025, apparently after earlier use as genus name in H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica (1696); compare quot. 1756 at sense 2) < ancient Greek βοῦς ox (cognate with beef n.) + κέρας horn (see kerato- comb. form).For Old English genitive compounds in oxan- see discussion at ox n.

1. The horn of an ox; the material of which this is composed. Also: something resembling an ox's horn in shape.Such horns were formerly frequently used as containers for liquid, powder, etc.

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OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 268 Com se deofol..and hæfde ænne oxan horn on hande.]

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 273 Oxe hornes ben more and þikkere þan bole hornes.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 132 (MED) Þe griffoun..has nailes apon his fete als grete and als lang as þai ware oxen hornes [v.r. oxsis hornys.].]

1577 R. Willes in R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 260 With two Oxe hornes, as it were, made of fine cypres hangyng downe about theyr eares.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 402 In the deep sea they light on certain little trees branched and full of boughes, in colour of an Ox horne.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §549 Hartshorn is of a fat and clammy substance, and it may be, Ox-horn would do the like [sc. yield mushrooms].

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 295 A great ox-horn,—the arm was twisted round its spires.

1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. i. 20 Over his left shoulder was slung..an enormous ox-horn, so thinly scraped as to discover the dark powder that it contained.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xxii. 248 He took the large ox-horn of our quarantine-apple cider.

1924 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 38 473 At least 60,000 ox-horns were imported into Philadelphia alone from Buenos Aires in 1822.

1968 G. Croudace Silver Grass 72 Out came the rouge-pots of ox-horn and the tortoise-shells filled with powdered buchu.

2000 R. King Brunelleschi's Dome (2001) ii. 17 A combination of burnt ox-horn, iron filings and cow dung were mixed together with water, worked into a paste and spread over the wax-coated model.

†2. The olive bark tree, Bucida buceras. Obsolete. rare.

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1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 221 Buceras... On the flower-spikes of this tree you may sometimes find one or more fructifications, that shoot into a monstrous size, being seldom under three inches in length..and something in the form of a bull's horn.]

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 831/1 Ox-horn, Bucida Buceras.

Compounds

† ox-horn cockle n. Obsolete rare the heart cockle, Glossus humanus, which has the beaks or umbones of the shell elongated and curved like horns (cf. ox-heart n. 3).Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1890 Cent. Dict. Ox-horn cockle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ox-horn
释义	ox-hornn. Brit. /ˈɒkshɔːn/, U.S. /ˈɑksˌ(h)ɔrn/ Forms: see ox n. and horn n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ox n., horn n. Etymology: < ox n. + horn n. In sense 2 probably after scientific Latin buceras, specific epithet (Linnaeus Systema Naturae (ed. 10, 1759) II.1025, apparently after earlier use as genus name in H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica (1696); compare quot. 1756 at sense 2) < ancient Greek βοῦς ox (cognate with beef n.) + κέρας horn (see kerato- comb. form).For Old English genitive compounds in oxan- see discussion at ox n. 1. The horn of an ox; the material of which this is composed. Also: something resembling an ox's horn in shape.Such horns were formerly frequently used as containers for liquid, powder, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > horn hornc1000 bugle horna1387 ox-horna1398 rhinoceros cup1649 goblet1688 goglet1688 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of > (parts of) horn ox-horna1398 slough1721 slug-horna1825 slug1842 scur1882 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 268 Com se deofol..and hæfde ænne oxan horn on hande.] a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 273 Oxe hornes ben more and þikkere þan bole hornes. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 132 (MED) Þe griffoun..has nailes apon his fete als grete and als lang as þai ware oxen hornes [v.r. oxsis hornys.].] 1577 R. Willes in R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 260 With two Oxe hornes, as it were, made of fine cypres hangyng downe about theyr eares. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 402 In the deep sea they light on certain little trees branched and full of boughes, in colour of an Ox horne. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §549 Hartshorn is of a fat and clammy substance, and it may be, Ox-horn would do the like [sc. yield mushrooms]. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 295 A great ox-horn,—the arm was twisted round its spires. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. i. 20 Over his left shoulder was slung..an enormous ox-horn, so thinly scraped as to discover the dark powder that it contained. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xxii. 248 He took the large ox-horn of our quarantine-apple cider. 1924 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 38 473 At least 60,000 ox-horns were imported into Philadelphia alone from Buenos Aires in 1822. 1968 G. Croudace Silver Grass 72 Out came the rouge-pots of ox-horn and the tortoise-shells filled with powdered buchu. 2000 R. King Brunelleschi's Dome (2001) ii. 17 A combination of burnt ox-horn, iron filings and cow dung were mixed together with water, worked into a paste and spread over the wax-coated model. †2. The olive bark tree, Bucida buceras. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 221 Buceras... On the flower-spikes of this tree you may sometimes find one or more fructifications, that shoot into a monstrous size, being seldom under three inches in length..and something in the form of a bull's horn.] 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 831/1 Ox-horn, Bucida Buceras. Compounds † ox-horn cockle n. Obsolete rare the heart cockle, Glossus humanus, which has the beaks or umbones of the shell elongated and curved like horns (cf. ox-heart n. 3).Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Ox-horn cockle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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