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oxford

[ oks-ferd ]

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noun

Also called Oxford shoe,. a low shoe laced over the instep.
Also called oxford cloth. a cotton or synthetic fabric, in plain, twill, or basket weave, constructed on a pattern of two fine yarns woven as one warpwise and one loosely twisted yarn weftwise, for shirts, skirts, and summer sportswear.

Oxford

[ oks-ferd ]

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1st Earl of. Harley, Robert.
a city in S Oxfordshire, in S England, NW of London: university, founded in 12th century.
Oxfordshire.
a town in SW Ohio.
a town in S Massachusetts.
a town in N Mississippi, hometown of William Faulkner.
Also called Oxford Down. one of an English breed of large, hornless sheep, noted for its market lambs and heavy fleece of medium length.

Oxford

/ ˈɒksfəd /

Oxford

/ ˈɒksfəd /

a city in S England, administrative centre of Oxfordshire, at the confluence of the Rivers Thames and Cherwell: Royalist headquarters during the Civil War; seat of Oxford University, consisting of 40 separate colleges, the oldest being University College (1249), and Oxford Brookes University (1993); motor-vehicle industry. Pop: 143 016 (2001) Oxonian
Also calledOxford Down a breed of sheep with middle-length wool and a dark brown face and legs
a type of stout laced shoe with a low heel
a lightweight fabric of plain or twill weave used esp for men's shirts

Origin of oxford¹

1580–90; named after Oxford, the city in S Oxfordshire, England.

Seventy-two adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are participating in the trial, led by the pediatrics department at Oxford.

His Oxford shirts and matching boxers are, needless to say, woven.

His next book is Government against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences (Oxford) due out in January 2015.

But my goodness, even the air around Oxford University is studious.

Denton, who speaks in the clipped cadence of the Oxford-educated Brit he is, has built quite a castle.

A copy of Tendall's testament sold at Oxford for 20 guineas, supposed to be the only copy of that edition unburned by Tonstall.

The Ashmolean museum, at Oxford, England, founded for the purpose of receiving the antiquary's "twelve cartloads of rarities."

A student, showing the Museum at Oxford to a party, among other things produced a rusty sword.

Robert Harley, earl of Oxford, died; an English statesman and literary character.

It is but 50 miles from Bristol, and not so much as 100 miles from Oxford, and the coach passes very near this place.

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