SC - Ox and Steer definition
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Mon Nov 23 09:34:24 PST 1998
In a message dated 11/23/98 12:01:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, timdee at sgi.net
writes:
<< I don't know if you are aware that a steer is castrated and a bull is not
castrated. Most people are unaware that a steer is not the same as a bull.>>
ox (noun), plural ox*en also ox
[Middle English, from Old English oxa; akin to Old High German ohso ox,
Sanskrit uksa bull, and perhaps to Sanskrit uksati he moistens, Greek hygros
wet -- more at HUMOR]
First appeared before 12th Century
1 : a domestic bovine mammal (Bos taurus); broadly : a bovine mammal
2 : an adult castrated male domestic ox
steer [1] (noun)
[Middle English, from Old English steor young ox; akin to Old High German
stior young ox]
First appeared before 12th Century
1 : a male bovine animal castrated before sexual maturity -- compare STAG 3
2 : an ox less than four years old
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