, the fresh gall of
the domestic ox; — used in the arts and in medicine. —
Ox pith
, ox marrow. [Obs.] Marston. —
Ox
ray
(Zoöl.), a very large ray (Dicerobatis Giornæ) of Southern Europe. It has a hornlike organ projecting
forward from each pectoral fin. It sometimes becomes twenty feet long and twenty-eight feet broad,
and weighs over a ton. Called also sea devil. —
To have the black ox tread on one's foot
, to be
unfortunate; to know what sorrow is Leigh Hunt.