Definition of Oxslips

1. oxslip [n] - See also: oxslip

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxslips

oxosilane
oxosilanes
oxosuccinic acid
oxosulfoselenide
oxotremorine
oxovanadium
oxpecker
oxpeckers
oxprenolol
oxprenolol hydrochloride
oxshoe
oxshoes
oxskin
oxskins
oxslip
oxslips (current term)
oxtail
oxtail soup
oxtails
oxtant
oxter
oxtered
oxtering
oxters
oxtongue
oxtongues
oxtriphylline
oxy
oxy-
oxyacetic

Literary usage of Oxslips

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1827)
"... as occurring in the enchanted island of Prospero, than by making the scene of them an ordinary wood, where wild thyme, and oxslips, and violets, grew, ..."

2. The Metropolitan (1838)
"... a malady Most incident to maids, bold oxslips, and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The fleur-de-lis being one! ..."

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