oxhind

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English

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Etymology

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From ox +‎ hind (A servant, especially an agricultural labourer).

Noun

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oxhind (plural oxhinds)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of cattleman
    • 1757, Edward Lisle, Observations in Husbandry[1], page 269:
      My oxhind took three of my steers, to break them, and to inure them to the yoke []