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单词 ox-tongue
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ox-tonguen.

Brit. /ˈɒkstʌŋ/, U.S. /ˈɑksˌtəŋ/
Forms: see ox n. and tongue n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: ox n., tongue n.
Etymology: < ox n. + tongue n., perhaps after classical Latin lingua būbula (compare post-classical Latin lingua bovis (in undated glossaries), lingua bovina (from early 14th cent. in glossaries), buglossa bugloss n.).Compare langue de boeuf n. and Anglo-Norman and Middle French forms cited at that entry, and also Middle High German ohsenzunge (German Ochsenzunge ) bugloss. For Old English genitive compounds in oxan- see discussion at ox n.
1. Any of various plants with rough tongue-shaped leaves; = langue de boeuf n. 2.
a. A plant of the borage family ( Boraginaceae), esp. bugloss, Anchusa arvensis, or alkanet, A. officinalis. Now historical.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Boraginaceae (bugloss and allies) > [noun]
ribeOE
hound's-tonguec1000
ox-tonguea1325
rotheren tongue?a1350
buglossa1400
dog's tongue?a1425
lungwort1538
anchusa1548
sheep's tongue1552
cowslip of Jerusalem1578
Our Lady's milkwort1578
pulmonaria1578
sage of Jerusalem1578
wild comfrey1578
maiden-lips1589
bugloss cowslip1597
viper's bugloss1597
viper's herb1597
ribbie1607
lithospermon1646
wall bugloss1650
lady's glove1668
Venus's navelwort1678
spotted comfrey1688
cynogloss1705
Jerusalem sage1736
lawn1778
Mertensia1836
stickseed1843
Virginian cowslip1856
bluebell1858
gooseberry fool1858
Jerusalem cowslip1866
borage-wort1882
echium1883
rose noble1886
milksile-
lOE Durham Plant Gloss. 15 Lingua bobule, oxantunge.]
a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Arun.) (1857) 162 Bucle, [glossed] oxe-tunge.
c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 69/2 (MED) Take mynt, borage, cicory, flour of oxtonge, þat is, longe de beefe.
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 91 Oxtonge, buglossa, herba est.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. vi. 12 The auncient Fathers called it [sc. Borage] in Greeke βούγλωσσον,..in English Oxe tongue.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Langue de bœuf,..Ox-tongue, rough or small Buglosse.
1891 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 145/1 On the banks of the dry ditches there, he remarks, grows ‘the small wild buglosse,’ or oxtongue.
1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 286 Moreover a syrup of Viper's Bugloss was considered effectual against sadness and melancholy, a virtue transferred from the bouglosson (bouglossos, ‘ox tongue’) of Dioscorides.
b. Any of several plants of the genus Picris (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), allied to the hawkweeds, which are covered with hooked bristles and have yellow flowers; esp. (more fully bristly ox-tongue) P. echioides, which is native to the Mediterranean and widely naturalized elsewhere.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > other composite plants
wild sagea1400
yellow devil's-bita1400
white golda1425
cotula1578
golden cudweed1597
golden tuft1597
rattlesnake root1682
Cape tansy?1711
hawkbit1713
ambrosia1731
cabbage tree1735
hog's eye1749
Osteospermum1754
ox-tongue1760
scentless mayweed1800
old man's beard1804
ox-eye1818
echinacea1825
sheep's beard1836
shepherd's beard1840
cat's-ear1848
goatweed1869
silversword1888
khaki bush1907
venidium1937
khaki bos1947
Namaqualand daisy1963
?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 40 (MED) Lingua Bouis. Longedebeffe oþer oxetonge..ys hote and moiste.
?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 169 Lingua bouis is an herbe þat men clepe langedebef or oxtungge..haȝt scharp lewys..a ȝelwȝ flour..and it haȝt a long stalke.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 235 Sharpe Haukeweede hath leaues like to those of Languedebeefe or Oxetoong.
1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Ox-Tongue, or Langdebuefe, see Hieracium.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 321 Ox-tongue, Picris.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 673 Picris echioides... Common Ox-tongue. Lang de boeuf. Borders of cornfields.
1858 Penny Cycl. 2nd Suppl. 301/1 There is but one species [of the genus] inhabiting Great Britain, H[elminthia] echioides, the Ox-Tongue... The branches, stem, leaves, and involucre are covered with strong prickles springing from white tubercles, and with 3 minute hooks at the apex.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Oct. 4/2 In the long, dry grass at the foot of the hedge stands out the yellow ‘bristly oxtongue’—stem and leaves all frosted with white glands.
1920 J. Vaughan Music of Wild Flowers x. 89 A relative of the sea-cabbage, known as black-mustard,..is the characteristic plant on the sloping cliffs of Durlston Bay, where, with teazle and burdock, with ox-tongue and hound's-tongue..it makes a fine show.
1991 Times 19 Aug. 15/1 Bristly ox-tongue..is like a gnarled, grey-leaved dandelion.
2. The tongue of an ox.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > other cuts or parts
tild1342
ox foota1398
oxtaila1425
neat's foot?c1450
beef-flick1462
sticking piece1469
ox-tonguea1475
aitch-bone1486
fore-crop?1523
sirloin1525
mouse-piece1530
ox-cheek1592
neat's tongue1600
clod1601
sticking place1601
skink1631
neck beef1640
round1660
ox-heart1677
runner1688
sticking draught1688
brisket-beef1697
griskin1699
sey1719
chuck1723
shin1736
gravy beef1747
baron of beef1755
prime rib1759
rump and dozen1778
mouse buttock1818
slifta1825
nine holes1825
spauld-piece1828
trembling-piece1833
shoulder-lyar1844
butt1845
plate1854
plate-rand1854
undercut1859
silver-side1861
bed1864
wing rib1883
roll1884
strip-loin1884
hind1892
topside1896
rib-eye1926
buttock meat1966
onglet1982
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of > (parts of) tongue
ox-tonguea1475
barb?1523
a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 26 Take þo ox tonge and schalle hit wele, Sethe hit.
a1500 ( Vision E. Leversedge in Notes & Queries Somerset & Dorset (1905) 9 23 (MED) The wyche tonge was swollen as gret as a hox tonge.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 279 The leaves..resemble an ox tongue.
1859 Harper's Mag. Apr. 654/2 It is curious to notice the different parts of animals that are eaten... In England the heads of ducks and geese, ox tongue, rein-deer tongue, walrus tongue.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 26 Oct. 6/3 He amassed a considerable fortune by the ox-tongue trade.
1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side ii. 230 There he lay licking his big ox-tongue, a coke-licking Lazarus too languid to rise.
1990 Nat. Hist. June 86/2 In the same essay, she points out the leading loan foods: Chinese egg rolls naturalized as lumpia.., ox tongue with chickpeas, caldereta (stew).
3. A pike or sword having a broad blade or head likened to the tongue of an ox; = langue de boeuf n. 3. Now historical.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > halberd > [noun]
weyc1275
poleaxe1294
billc1300
glaivec1450
langue de boeuf1450
halberd1497
budgea1522
brown-bill1589
ox-tongue1611
partisan1611
Lochaber axe1618
feather-staff1622
halberd staff1687
battle-axe1709
ko1923
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Langue Langue do bœuf.., Ox-tongue,..a kind of weapon used in old time.
1890 Cent. Dict. Ox-tongue, a name sometimes given to the anlace, braquemart, and similar short broadswords.
1934 G. C. Stone Gloss. Constr., Decoratation & use Arms & Armor (1961) 411/1 Langue de boeuf, ox tongue. A pole arm of the 16th century with a broad, straight double-edged sword.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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