oxblood

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oxblood

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From ox + blood.

noun

uncountable A dark brownish-red colour.
uncountable The blood of an ox. […] we can change clothes, and with the aid of a bottle of oxblood, which is secreted about my person, we will deceive the tyrant, and spare a nobleman who does honour to Japan.

adjective more oxblood · most oxblood

Of a dark brownish-red colour. He was tall and lean, with lank fair hair and a square jaw, togged out in tweeds and a checked shirt and scuffed, oxblood brogues.

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@misc{oxblood_2026,
  title = {oxblood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oxblood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}