noun
Meaning 1
The armpit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
oxter
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/ˈɒkstə(ɹ)/
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verb
Meaning 2
To hug with the arms, or support by taking the arm of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
Apparently from Middle English *oxtere, *oxte, from Old English ōxta, ōhsta, related to Old English ōxn (“armpit”), Old English eax (“axis, axle”), and eaxl (“shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“joint of the shoulder”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱs- (“axis, axle”). See also axis and axon.