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loxing

loxing is the present participle and gerund of lox.

Meaning of lox

Verb

lox (third-person singular simple present loxes, present participle loxing, simple past and past participle loxed)

  1. (transitive) To supply with liquid oxygen.
    • Fumes coming from the booster at the pad indicate that loxing has begun -- that is, the liquid oxygen has begun to be poured into its tank aboard the Atlas.2002 February 20, Walter Cronkite, “Cronkite Essay on 40th Anniversary of Glenn Orbit”, in NPR

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Questions about loxing

What is loxing the present participle and gerund of?
Loxing is the present participle and gerund of lox.

Words near loxing in the dictionary

  1. loxed
  2. loxes
  3. Loxford
  4. loxia
  5. loxias
  6. loxing
  7. loxism
  8. loxist
  9. loxists
  10. Loxley
  11. loxodograph

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