oxter

[ ok-ster ]

/ ˈɒk stər /

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noun Scot. and North England.

the armpit.

RELATED WORDS

axilla

Nearby words

oxonian, oxonium compound, oxonium ion, oxpecker, oxtail, oxter, oxtongue, oxus, oxy-, oxyacetylene, oxyacetylene torch

Origin of oxter

1490–1500; akin to Old English ōcusta armpit, Old Norse (h)ōstr throat

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Examples from the Web for oxter

With a Bible under his oxter, and a 'bowet' new lit in his right hand, he accompanied me swiftly up the street.
Border Ghost Stories|Howard Pease
He will hear a pluff o' pouther gang blaff at his oxter some fine day, that he'll be the waur o'!
The Men of the Moss-Hags|S. R. Crockett
And as she said this, she held up her oxter, as if to tak me below't.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|Various
A friendly hand gripped him below the oxter, and, peering up, he discerned the Minister.
Border Ghost Stories|Howard Pease

Yet he could get a' the wives he wants, by just coming doon like a tod aff the hill, and takin' yin below his oxter.
The Men of the Moss-Hags|S. R. Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for oxter

oxter

/ (ˈɒkstə) /

noun

Scot, Irish and Northern English dialect the armpit

Word Origin for oxter

C16: from Old English oxta; related to Old High German Ahsala, Latin axilla

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