Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oxford"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Oxford
n 1: a city in southern England northwest of London; site of
Oxford University [syn: {Oxford}]
2: a university town in northern Mississippi; home of William
Faulkner [syn: {Oxford}]
3: a university in England [syn: {Oxford University}, {Oxford}]
4: a low shoe laced over the instep
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