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CIDE DICTIONARY
fox, n. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. faúh, Icel. f fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. Vixen.].
- A carnivorous animal of the genus
Vulpes , familyCanidæ , of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris orV. vulpes ), the American red fox (V. fulvus ), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus ), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus ) are well-known species. [1913 Webster]" The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals." [1913 Webster]"Subtle as the fox for prey." [1913 Webster] - The European dragonet. [1913 Webster]
- The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also
sea fox . SeeThrasher shark , under Shark. [1913 Webster] - A sly, cunning fellow. [1913 Webster]"We call a crafty and cruel man a fox." [1913 Webster]
- Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats. [1913 Webster]
- A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [1913 Webster]"Thou diest on point of fox." [1913 Webster]
- A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also
Outagamies . [1913 Webster]
- To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink. [1913 Webster]"I drank . . . so much wine that I was almost foxed." [1913 Webster]
- To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment. [1913 Webster]
- To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of. [1913 Webster]
fox, v. i.
To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fox, n. & v.
--n.
1 a any of various wild flesh-eating mammals of the dog family, esp. of the genus Vulpes, with a sharp snout, bushy tail, and red or grey fur. b the fur of a fox.
2 a cunning or sly person.
3 US sl. an attractive young woman.
--v.
1 a intr. act craftily. b tr. deceive, baffle, trick.
2 tr. (usu. as foxed adj.) discolour (the leaves of a book, engraving, etc.) with brownish marks.
--n.
1 a any of various wild flesh-eating mammals of the dog family, esp. of the genus Vulpes, with a sharp snout, bushy tail, and red or grey fur. b the fur of a fox.
2 a cunning or sly person.
3 US sl. an attractive young woman.
--v.
1 a intr. act craftily. b tr. deceive, baffle, trick.
2 tr. (usu. as foxed adj.) discolour (the leaves of a book, engraving, etc.) with brownish marks.
Idiom
fox-terrier
1 a terrier of a short-haired breed originally used for unearthing foxes.
2 this breed.
1 a terrier of a short-haired breed originally used for unearthing foxes.
2 this breed.
Derivative
foxing n. (in sense 2 of v.). foxlike adj.
Etymology
OE f. WG
THESAURUS
fox
African hunting dog, Artful Dodger, Cape hunting dog, Philadelphia lawyer, Yankee horse trader, brush wolf, charmer, coyote, crafty rascal, dingo, dodger, glib tongue, horse trader, hyena, jackal, lobo, medicine wolf, prairie wolf, reynard, shyster, slick citizen, sly dog, slyboots, sweet talker, swindler, timber wolf, trickster, wolfROGET THESAURUS
fox
Cunning
N cunning, craft, cunningness, craftiness, subtlety, artificiality, maneuvering, temporization, circumvention, chicane, chicanery, sharp practice, knavery, jugglery, concealment, guile, doubling, duplicity, foul play, diplomacy, politics, Machiavelism, jobbery, backstairs influence, art, artifice, device, machination, plot, maneuver, stratagem, dodge, sidestep, artful dodge, wile, trick, trickery, ruse, ruse de guerre, finesse, side blow, thin end of the wedge, shift, go by, subterfuge, evasion, white lie, juggle, tour de force, tricks of the trade, tricks upon travelers, espieglerie, net, trap, Ulysses, Machiavel, sly boots, fox, reynard, Scotchman, Jew, Yankee, intriguer, intrigant, floater, Indian giver, keener, repeater, cunning, crafty, artful, skillful, subtle, feline, vulpine, cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent, deep, deep laid, profound, designing, contriving, intriguing, strategic, diplomatic, politic, Machiavelian, timeserving, artificial, tricky, tricksy, wily, sly, slim, insidious, stealthy, underhand, subdolous, deceitful, slippery as an eel, evasive, crooked, arch, pawky, shrewd, acute, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle, canny, astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff, tactful, diplomatic, politic, polite, cunningly, slyly, slily, on the sly, by a side wind, diamond cut diamond, a' bis ou a blanc, fin contre fin, something is rotten in the state of Denmark.Animal
N animal, animal kingdom, fauna, brute creation, beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being, creeping thing, living thing, dumb animal, dumb creature, zoophyte, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe, microbe, animalcule, alligator, crocodile, saurian, dinosaur (extinct), snake, serpent, viper, eft, asp, aspick, frog, toad, trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel, ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee, tardigrade, spider, biped, quadruped, webfoot, flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals, wild animals, game, ferae naturae, beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea, black game, black grouse, blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe, horse, cattle, kine, ox, bull, bullock, cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn, sheep, lamb, lambkin, ewe, ram, tup, pig, swine, boar, hog, sow, steer, stot, tag, teg, bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat, dog, hound, pup, puppy, whelp, cur, mongrel, house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog, mastiff, blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound, harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland, water dog, water spaniel, pug, poodle, turnspit, terrier, fox terrier, Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont, collie, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, gib cat, tom cat, fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe, caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar, bird, poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl, feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, dicky bird, canary, warbler, finch, aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon, vermin, varmint, pest, animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy, piscatory, piscatorial, molluscous, vermicular, gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.Also see definition of "fox" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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