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A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof.

The armpit; also, the arm. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

A name given to several plants, from the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs.

A compound containing oxygen.

Hydroxyacetic; designating an acid called also glycolic acid.

An acid containing oxygen, as chloric acid or sulphuric acid; - - contrasted with the hydracids, which contain no oxygen, as hydrochloric acid. See Acid, and Hydroxy-.

Same as Hydroxylamine.

Hydroxy benzene. Same as Phenol.

Hydroxybenzoic; pertaining to, or designating, any one of several hydroxyl derivatives of benzonic acid, of which the commonest is salicylic acid.

Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of oxygen and bromine.

Hydroxybutyric; designating any one of a group of metameric acids (C3H6.OH.CO2H).

Of or pertaining to oxygen and calcium; as, the oxycalcium light. See Drummond light.

See Leucic.

Of, pertaining to, or designating in general, certain compounds containing oxygen and chlorine.

A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine; as, plumbic oxychloride.

A Mixture of water and vinegar. Wiseman.

Hydroxy cymene. Same as Carvacrol.

A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen. Symbol O. Atomic weight 15.96.

To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).

The act or process of combining or of treating with oxygen; oxidation.