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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oxbow  \Ox"bow`\,  n. 
  A  frame  of  wood,  bent  into  the  shape  of  the  letter  U,  and 
  embracing  an  ox's  neck  as  a  kind  of  collar,  the  upper  ends 
  passing  through  the  bar  of  the  yoke;  also  anything  so 
  shaped,  as  a  bend  in  a  river. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  oxbow 
  n  1:  the  land  inside  an  oxbow  bend  in  a  river 
  2:  a  U-shaped  curve  in  a  stream 
  3:  a  wooden  frame  bent  in  the  shape  of  a  U;  its  upper  ends  are 
  attached  to  the  horizontal  yoke  and  the  loop  goes  around 
  the  neck  of  an  ox 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Oxbow,  ME 
  Zip  code(s):  04764 
  Oxbow,  ND  (city,  FIPS  60480) 
  Location:  46.67066  N,  96.80160  W 
  Population  (1990):  100  (40  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.1  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 




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