Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stall or stand for oxen.
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Examples
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A Hart hotly pursued by the hounds fled for refuge into an ox-stall, and buried itself in a truss of hay, leaving nothing to be seen but the tips of his horns.
Aesop's Fables Aesop 2000
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A Hart hotly pursued by the hounds fled for refuge into an ox-stall, and buried itself in a truss of hay, leaving nothing to be seen but the tips of his horns.
Folk-lore and Fable 1909
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A HART hotly pursued by the hounds fled for refuge into an ox-stall, and buried itself in a truss of hay, leaving nothing to be seen but the tips of his horns.
The Hart in the Ox-Stall AElig;sop 1909
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We had trout sufficient for present needs; and after my first meal in an ox-stall, I strolled out on the rude log bridge to watch the angry
In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879
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What would my own Suffolk ploughmen have said to the notion of spending the night in an ox-stall?
In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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A STAG, roused from his thick covert in the midst of the forest, and driven hard by the hounds, made towards a farm-house, and, seeing the door of an ox-stall open, entered therein, and hid himself under
Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse Various 1865
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On my estate, the steward may lodge where he likes -- either in the ox-stall, in the cow-shed, or in the buffalo stable.
Debts of Honor M��r J��kai 1864
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Lorand, however, with the most serious countenance, merely answered that his presence would be required most in the ox-stall, so he would take up his quarters there.
Debts of Honor M��r J��kai 1864
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A Stag, aroused from his woodland lair, to avoid impending death threatened by huntsmen, repaired with blind fear to the nearest farm-house, and hid himself in an ox-stall close at hand.
The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes Phaedrus 1746
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And Mary, having heard that the children were being killed, was afraid, and took the infant and swaddled Him, and put Him into an ox-stall.
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