0 the person who sits in the back of a rowing boat and controls its direction:
1 to act as a cox:
2 an abbreviation for cyclooxygenase: an enzyme that causes a chemical reaction in the body, one of the results of which is pain and inflammation (= red, painful, swollen areas). There are two different kinds of COX, COX-1 and COX-2:
COX-2 inhibitors
They decided to take a cox in the ship, but he was a politician.
It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or cox.
The cox needs to translate the coach's concerns into practical calls.
The races are for eights (i.e. eight rowers with a cox steering), each representing one of the university's various colleges.
They have got the equivalent of another cox to carry along.
The race is open to all 4-oared boats with a cox.
Immediately from the start, the umpire was called into action, warning both coxes for steering too closely to one another.
Single scullers usually steer themselves, but some single skiffs allow for a cox/passenger as well.
