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Oxter

//ˈɒkstə(ɹ)// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The armpit. Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland

    "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, […]"

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

    "They oxter him into the building."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Apparently from Middle English *oxtere, *oxte, from Old English ōxta, ōhsta, related to Old English ōxn (“armpit”), Old English eax (“axis, axle”), and eaxl (“shoulder”). See also axis and axon.

Etymology 2

Apparently from Middle English *oxtere, *oxte, from Old English ōxta, ōhsta, related to Old English ōxn (“armpit”), Old English eax (“axis, axle”), and eaxl (“shoulder”). See also axis and axon.

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