Coxnoun
A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.
Poxnoun
A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
Coxverb
(ambitransitive) To act as coxswain for.
βThe physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox for a college rowing team.β; βI coxed the lightweight 4+ yesterday.β;
Poxnoun
Syphilis.
Coxnoun
A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull.
βGo; you're a brainless cox, a toy, a fop.β;
Poxnoun
(figurative) A curse.
Coxnoun
either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
Poxverb
To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
Coxnoun
the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
Poxnoun
Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, - the smallpox, the chicken pox, and the vaccine and the venereal diseases.
Coxverb
act as the coxswain, in a boat race
Poxverb
To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
Poxnoun
a common venereal disease caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
Poxnoun
a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
Poxnoun
any of several viral diseases producing a rash of pimples that become pus-filled and leave pockmarks on healing.
Poxnoun
syphilis.
Poxnoun
smallpox.