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To place at a distance or remotely. I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence. Fuller.

To make (one) a doctor. He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller.

ve of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.

e pairs in man. -- False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and the roof. Oxford Gloss. -- False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes. -- False scorpion (Zoöl.), any arachnid of the genus Chelifer. See Book scorpion. -- False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and fi…

A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge. [Oxford Univ., Eng.]

A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day. [Oxford Univ.] Conybeare.

e in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma. He graduated at Oxford. Latham. He was brought to their bar and asked where he had graduated. Macaulay.

A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout. [Cant]

Place where anything is commonly found. This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire. Earle.

A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).

A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] Holinshed.

A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] Fuller.

To congratulate. [Oxford Univ. Cant] Whately.

ect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the "Holy Club," formed at Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties.…

The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.

In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Of or relating to the city or the university of Oxford, England. Macaulay.

mbridge, England, one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding to commoner at Oxford. Ld. Lytton.

A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster. Shipley.

ocke. I went to Lambeth with Sir R. Brown's pretense to the wardenship of Merton College, Oxford. Evelyn.