different between oxter vs armpit

English

Etymology

Apparently from Middle English *oxtere, *oxte, from Old English ?xta, ?hsta, related to Old English ?xn (“armpit”), Old English eax (“axis, axle”) and eaxl (“shoulder”). See also axis and axon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kst?(?)/

Noun

oxter (plural oxters)

1. (chiefly Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) The armpit. [from 15th c.]
   • , Episode 12: The Cyclops,

     And begob there he was passing the door with his books under his oxter and the wife beside him and Corny Kelleher with his wall eye looking in as they went past, […]

   • 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 90:

     ‘It's a small beast,’ he said. ‘I could carry it under my oxter.’

Verb

oxter (third-person singular simple present oxters, present participle oxtering, simple past and past participle oxtered)

1. (transitive) To hug with the arms, or support by taking the arm of.

References

Anagrams

• extro-, retox

English

Etymology

From Middle English armpitt, arme-pitt, armput, equivalent to arm +? pit.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???m?p?t/

Noun

armpit (plural armpits)

1. The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
2. Somewhere or something considered unpleasant or undesirable.

Synonyms

• (cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder): axilla, oxter, underarm; armhole (now UK dialect)

Coordinate terms

• poplit (“knee pit”)

Translations

Anagrams

• Primat, impart