1. A person's armpit and the area around which the arm rotates; also, the arm: After picking up her newspaper, Vickie went to the laundry room and put her clothes on her left arm and her newspaper in her right oxter as she steadied the clothing with her right hand.

Mattie noticed a lump on the surface of her right oxter and was concerned that it might be a sign of breast cancer; so, she went to Dr. Schmidt to have it checked.

2. Etymology: from Old English ohsta or oxta, "armpit". The origin of oxter is not from Latin; however, it is indirectly related to Latin axilla, "armpit".

The word oxter is used in certain areas of the world (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England), and it serves as a reminder that there are many other local and colloquial names for parts of the human anatomy.

To support by the arm; to walk arm-in-arm with; to take or to carry under the arm; to fold the arm around: Madeline and Percy were oxtering, or walking together arm-in-arm, in the fresh air early in the morning.

Muriel oxtered or folded her arms around her newly-born baby, Jimmy, when she left the hospital.