Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxslip
Literary usage of Oxslip
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1857)
"... and oxslip (oxan-slippa), are purely Anglo-Saxon, and have preserved their
place in the language—though not quite undisputed, fjr another word ..."
2. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1857)
"... originally the oxslip. It was a word in common use among the English writers
of the Elizabethan period; yet it has now dropped into a provincial word, ..."
3. Essays on Archaeological Subjects by Thomas Wright (1861)
"... originally the oxslip. It was a word in common use among the English writers
of the Elizabethan period ; yet it has now dropped into a provincial word, ..."
4. On the History of the English Language: A Lecture Delivered at Liverpool on by Thomas Wright (1857)
"... and oxslip (oxan-slippa), are purely Anglo-Saxon, and have preserved their
place in the language—though not quite undisputed, f jr another word ..."
5. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"... and Suffolk : Cowslip with us signifying what is elsewhere called an oxslip."— EW
p. 83 1 never heard oxslip in Suffolk, but I have heard it asserted, ..."
6. The American Flower Garden Directory: Containing Practical Directions for by Robert Buist (1839)
"To this genus belong the celebrated Cowslip, oxslip, Primrose, and the esteemed
Auricula. The double varieties of Primrose have originated from P. ..."
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