At once my ears were drowned by a flow of what I took to be Spanish, but -- the driver's white teeth flashing at me, the road wildly veering beyond his glistening hair, beyond his gesticulating bottle -- it could have been the purest Oxford English I was half hearing ; ;

Once his eyesight recovered sufficiently, he was able to study English literature at Balliol College, Oxford.

The Oxford English Dictionary traces the earliest use ( as " Androides ") to Ephraim Chambers ' Cyclopaedia, in reference to an automaton that St. Albertus Magnus allegedly created.

F. Rahman, Avicenna's Psychology: An English Translation of Kitab al-Najat, Book II, Chapter VI with Historical-philosophical Notes and Textual Improvements on the Cairo Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1952.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines the older broad meanings of the term " artist ":

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

Although the phrase " Arabic numeral " is frequently capitalized, it is sometimes written in lower case: for instance, in its entry in the Oxford English dictionary.

" " toxophilite, n ." Oxford English Dictionary.

It is referred to colloquially as " the Queen's English ", " Oxford English " and " BBC English ", although by no means all who live in Oxford speak with such accent and the BBC does not require or use it exclusively.

* Ansible from the Oxford English Dictionary

* 1928 – The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.

The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge to an Old English word brycg, of the same meaning, derived from the hypothetical Proto-Germanic root brugjō.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word baroque is derived from the Portuguese word " barroco ", Spanish " barroco ", or French " baroque ", all of which refer to a " rough or imperfect pearl ", though whether it entered those languages via Latin, Arabic, or some other source is uncertain.

The Oxford English Dictionary applies the term to English " as spoken or written in the British Isles ; esp the forms of English usual in Great Britain ", reserving " Hiberno-English " for the " English language as spoken and written in Ireland ".

According to Tom McArthur in the Oxford Guide to World English, " For many people.

* The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium ( Oxford, 1991 ), 3 vols.

* The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium ( Oxford, 1991 ), 3 vols.

* Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 1991.

* The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 1991.

: Hart's Rules and the Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors call the British style " new " quoting.

* Page, Norman, ‘ Housman, Alfred Edward ( 1859 – 1936 )’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ( Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004 )

* The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium ( Oxford University Press, 1991 ) ISBN 0-19-504652-8

Though some deplore the name, arguing that it makes the industry look like a poor cousin to Hollywood, it has its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.

The Oxford English Dictionary, finding examples going back to 1961, defines the adjective born-again as:

The American Webster's Third New International Dictionary gives plurals in the order " Narcissus ", " Narcissuses ", and " Narcissi ", but the British Compact Oxford English Dictionary lists just " Narcissi " and " Narcissuses ".

In 1654, Wilkins joined with Seth Ward in writing Vindiciae academiarum, a reply to John Webster's Academiarum Examen, one of many attacks at the time on the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and their teaching methods.

Murray ( the historian of the later Oxford English Dictionary ) says Webster's unabridged edition of 1864 " acquired an international fame.

Other medium-sized dictionaries have since entered the market, including the New Oxford American and the Encarta Webster's, while Merriam-Webster has not attempted to compete by issuing a similar edition.

This happened often enough for ETAOIN SHRDLU to be listed in the Oxford English Dictionary and in the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.

Webster's definition states that the word " regime " refers simply to a form of government, while Oxford English Dictionary defines regime as " a government, especially an authoritarian one ".

The word is mainly confined to American English, but did not appear with the publication of the 1976 edition of Webster's Third New International Dictionary ; it is, however, included in the Oxford English Dictionary second edition ( 1989 ) CD ROM version 4. 0 issue of 2009.

* New Oxford American Dictionary, Third Edition, Angus Stevenson and Christine A. Lindberg ( editors ), 2096 pages, August 2010, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-539288-3.

* Oxford Paperback Thesaurus: Third Edition ; ISBN 978-0-19-861425-8

* Hornblower, Simon and Anthony Spawforth, The Oxford Classical Dictionary ( Third Edition ) ( Oxford: OUP, 1996 ), s. v.

" Third Haven " may itself be a corruption of " Thread Haven ", an early name for the first port established at what is now Oxford.

The business district on Third Street was entirely re-built at this time, including the Oxford Hotel ( 1858 ) and Oxford Hall ( 1862 ).

The Oxford Town Clock, on the Peoples Bank of Oxford on South Third Street, was restored in May 2001.

* Roberts, Adam and Guelff, Richard ( Editors ); Documents on the Laws of War ; Third Edition ; Oxford University press ; ISBN 0-19-876390-5

His son Charles, studying to be a divine at Christ Church, Oxford, died in 1731, the same year that the Swift and Pope Miscellanies, Volume the Third ( which was the first volume ) appeared.

A current draft Third Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary gives only the derivation penta + culum, and defines it as a pentagram, especially enclosed in a circle ; a talisman inscribed with such a shape ; or any similar magic symbol ; pentacle and the Middle French pentacol are considered separate and unrelated words.

Third Revised Edition ( 1955 ; Oxford University Press, 1974 ).

Thesiger was educated at Eton College, a famous independent school in Eton in Berkshire, followed by Magdalen College at the University of Oxford, where he took a Third in History.

The Third Adam, London: Oxford University Press, 1975.

Oxford won the Third Division title in 1967 – 68, their sixth season as a league club, but after eight years of relative stability the club was relegated from the Second Division in 1975 – 76.

In 1982, as a Third Division side, Oxford United faced closure because of the club's inability to service the debts owed to Barclays Bank, but were rescued when businessman Robert Maxwell took over the club.

Oxford won the Third Division title after the 1983 – 84 season under the management of Jim Smith, who also guided them to the Second Division title the following year.

At the end of the 2000 – 01 season, Oxford was relegated back to the Third Division after a 35-year absence, with 100 goals conceded.

* Sir Patrick Abercrombie, Revised by D. Rigby Childs, " Town and Country Planning ", Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 1959, Reprinted 1961 and 1967.

The organization was founded in 1969 as Third World First by a group of students at Oxford University, supported by NGOs including Oxfam.

The first impression had a publication date of 1623, and the earliest record of a retail purchase is an account book entry for 5 December 1623 of Edward Dering ( who purchased two ); the Bodleian Library, in Oxford, received its copy in early 1624 ( which it subsequently sold for £ 24 as a superseded edition when the Third Folio became available in 1664 ).