What's the difference between cowhide and oxhide?

Cowhide


Definition:

  • (n.) The hide of a cow.
  • (n.) Leather made of the hide of a cow.
  • (n.) A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
  • (v. t.) To flog with a cowhide.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cowhide and goatskin are used to make Mulberry goods, as well as ostrich leather and alligator skins.
  • (2) And lo, within days of the announcement, Beyoncé made the first and somewhat predictable stumble in her life as a vegan when she was photographed walking into one LA vegan restaurant wearing the biggest fur collar seen this side of the 1980s and then, soon after, entering another one, wearing – and there really is no other way to put this – an entire cow, from a cowhide top to leather trousers.
  • (3) We are using cowhide leather used at the shoes and bags factory in the city to make soup.
  • (4) Aluminum and steel screen, ordinary window glass, thin cardboard and thin cowhide did not manifest these qualities under the conditions of these experiments.
  • (5) The spa has taxidermy above the pool, antiques complement floral wallpapers, cowhides and antlers abound, and after several nights in villages without such options, I have to appreciate the vision of the hotel owners who have created such beautiful, contemporary places to stay in such remoteness.
  • (6) Its brand-new sister chalet, Chamois Lodge, sleeping nine, is available for £9,335 for the week starting 7 April, and has "witty, mountain chic decor" with cowhide rugs, sheepskins, antiques and art, and a hot tub.
  • (7) In Cuba strychnine sulfate inoculated into labeled eggs is used, whereas in Grenada sodium fluoroacetate (1080) has been used in boiled cowhide baits.

Oxhide


Definition:

  • (n.) The skin of an ox, or leather made from it.
  • (n.) A measure of land. See 3d Hide.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Oxhide glue has the highest content of amino acids, total Ajiao has the highest content of essential amino acids, but Ajiao and pipefish glues do not have cystine.
  • (2) Liu Jiayin's Oxhide films, meanwhile, are set entirely in the cramped Beijing apartment she shares with her parents.

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