North of the Alps, great cities dependent on horses and oxen for motive power could not exist without hay. From LearnThat.org. [Freeman Dyson, from Freeman Dyson Infinite in All Directions, Harper and Row, New York, 1988, p 135.]
A team of oxen. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I 've ruined me voice drivin 'oxen though, but here 's the song. From Wordnik.com. [Sowing Seeds in Danny] Reference
Very little of the land is tilled now, with oxen, that is. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO ADDRESSES PLENUM OF BASIC INDUSTRY WORKER] Reference
As I have said our oxen were the first in our part of the town. From Wordnik.com. [The Bark Covered House]
The oxen were the first owned in the south part of the town of Dearborn. From Wordnik.com. [The Bark Covered House]
The waggon was one I hired from my brother (a relation); the oxen were my own brother's. From Wordnik.com. [Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal] Reference
Jeremiah and Ezekiel; for as the oxen are the leaders of the herd, so also the Priests are leaders of the people. From Wordnik.com. [Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew] Reference
A yoke is a piece of wood placed on the heads or necks of oxen which is used for pulling farm implements. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
Seven bulky oxen from the river came. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Joseph: A Poem] Reference
Why they and other Portuguese ate animals useful to men, such as oxen and cows?. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference
Nevertheless, they do not kill willingly useful animals, such as oxen and horses. From Wordnik.com. [The City of the Sun] Reference
The group of Quadrupeds which ruminate or chew the cud, such as oxen, sheep, and deer. From Wordnik.com. [On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life] Reference
They always remind me of the antique -- of splendid power fixed in marble, These are the kind of oxen that. From Wordnik.com. [The Emancipated] Reference
Wildlife and domestic animals such as oxen and elephants were systematically destroyed to prevent their use as transportation. From Wordnik.com. [Anarkismo.net] Reference
The people of the Tagus River valley lived off sea life and domesticatable animals such as oxen, deer, sheep, horses and pigs. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Misfortunes commonly come in couples yoked like oxen. From Wordnik.com. [Quotations from Georg Ebers] Reference
They plough almost entirely with oxen up in this country. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference
The other four wagons, and eight oxen he gave to the sons of. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
And when Balac had killed oxen and sheep, he sent presents to. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
We also took a good many cows and oxen, and a large number of mules. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
We pass a power lawnmower that is being pulled across a lawn by an oxen. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Nutshells] Reference
Especially in western Pakistan, oxen are used as draught (draft) animals. From Wordnik.com. [Lost Livestock Mean Lost Livelihoods in Flooded Pakistan] Reference
The Hebrew word behama, meaning water oxen, is a slang putdown meaning dolt. From Wordnik.com. ['Compassion' On Campus] Reference
The oxen are easier to feed, and don't suffer so much from the alkali in the water. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference
Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gerson, according to their necessity. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
I don't think he at all relished the work he had to do, ploughing with oxen all day, &c. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference
Henh Han, 17, recently lost both of his legs to a land mine as he took his oxen out to graze. From Wordnik.com. [The Peace Of The Dead] Reference
There were good saddle-horses, a sufficient number of oxen, and carts that were rude and awkward. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
October and November reported thousands still behind them, with oxen perishing, and short of food. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
It was Abe's duty to drive the four yoke of oxen, a task which must have strained even his patience. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
So whose trillions of oxen does Mr. Obama want to gore with higher taxes just 40 days before the election?. From Wordnik.com. [Democrats Run From Pelosi] Reference
They also consume some 500,000 chickens, 100 oxen and an unknown number of large doughy pretzels at the festival. From Wordnik.com. [Munich Toasts To 200 Years Of Oktoberfest] Reference
They had generally made their escape with a team or two, sometimes a yoke of oxen with a mule or a horse in the lead. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
In the countryside around Beijing, we saw men working in rice fields with oxen-drawn plows, like they've had for thousands of years. From Wordnik.com. [From Ping-Pong to Pyongyang] Reference
"Senor," began Delazes addressing Tom, who called to Eradicate to bring his oxen to a halt, "are you aware that we are being followed?". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground] Reference
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