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ox⋅ford

[oks-ferd]
–noun
1. Also called Oxford shoe, Oxford tie. a low shoe laced over the instep.
2. Also called oxford 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.

Origin:
1580–90; named after Oxford (def. 2)

Ox⋅ford

[oks-ferd]
–noun
1. 1st Earl of. Harley, Robert.
2. a city in S Oxfordshire, in S England, NW of London: university, founded in 12th century. 116,600.
3. Oxfordshire.
4. a town in SW Ohio. 17,655.
5. a town in S Massachusetts. 11,680.
6. a town in N Mississippi, hometown of William Faulkner. 9882.
7. Also called Oxford Down. one of an English breed of large, hornless sheep, noted for its market lambs and heavy fleece of medium length.

Ox⋅ford⋅shire

[oks-ferd-sheer, -sher]
–noun
a county in S England. 539,100; 1008 sq. mi. (2610 sq. km).
Also called Oxford, Oxon.
ox·ford   (ŏks'fərd)   
n.  
  1. A sturdy, low shoe that laces over the instep.
  2. A cotton cloth of a tight basket weave, used primarily for shirts.

[After Oxford, England.]
Ox·ford   (ŏks'fərd)   
  1. A borough of south-central England on the Thames River west-northwest of London. First mentioned in 912, it was chartered in 1605. Oxford University, with its famed "dreaming spires," was founded in the 12th century and still dominates the center of the city. Population: 143,000.
  2. A city of northern Mississippi south-southeast of Memphis, Tennessee. It is the seat of the University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss"), established in 1844, and was William Faulkner's home town. Population: 14,100.
Oxford, 17th Earl of. Title of Edward de Vere. 1550-1604.  
English courtier and poet who is believed by some to have written Shakespeare's plays.

Oxford

Ox"ford\, a. Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England.

Oxford movement. See Tractarianism.

Oxford School, a name given to those members of the Church of England who adopted the theology of the so-called Oxford "Tracts for the Times," issued the period 1833 -- 1841. --Shipley.

Oxford tie, a kind of shoe, laced on the instep, and usually covering the foot nearly to the ankle.

Oxford 
university town in England, M.E. Oxforde, from O.E. Oxnaforda (10c.) lit. "where the oxen ford." As the name for a type of shoe laced over the instep, it is attested from 1721. Oxbridge (1849), a conflation of Oxford and Cambridge, is used in ref. to the characteristics common to the two universities. Oxfam (1963) is short for Oxford Committee for Famine Relief.
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