Oxblood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Oxblood is a noun meaning A dark brownish-red colour.
Meaning
A dark brownish-red colour.
More Meanings
- The blood of an ox.
- Of a dark brownish-red colour.
Example Sentences
Mr. Mac informed me that it was treated with oxblood and bee’s wax.
The Greeks said that after the defeat Midas committed suicide by drinking oxblood (Strabo 1, 3, 21).
[…] we can change clothes, and with the aid of a bottle of oxblood, which is secreted about my person, we will deceive the tyrant, and spare a nobleman who does honour to Japan.
Ryckeboer’s map shows the different complementisers used in the sentence Ik moet ossebloed drinken om te verkloeken lit. I must oxblood drink for to recover ‘I have to drink oxblood to recover.’
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