Part 4548

<blockquote>We call a crafty and cruel man a <b>fox</b>. <i>Beattie.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a <i>fox</i> on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thou diest on point of <b>fox</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Enthnol.)</fld> <def>A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also <altname>Outagamies</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>Fox and geese</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the <i>fox<i>, and the rest the <i>geese<i>; the <i>fox<i>, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox.</cd> -- <col>Fox bat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a large fruit bat of the genus <spn>Pteropus</spn>, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. <spn>P. medius</spn> of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See <er>Fruit bat</er>.</cd> -- <col>Fox bolt</col>, <cd>a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge.</cd> -- <col>Fox brush</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the tail of a fox.</cd> -- <col>Fox evil</col>, <cd>a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy.</cd> -- <col>Fox grape</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape (<spn>Vitis Labrusca</spn>) is the origin of the varieties called <i>Isabella<i>, <i>Concord<i>, <i>Hartford<i>, etc., and the southern fox grape (<spn>Vitis vulpina</spn>) has produced the <i>Scuppernong<i>, and probably the <i>Catawba<i>.</cd> -- <col>Fox hunter</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>One who pursues foxes with hounds.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A horse ridden in a fox chase.</cd> -- <col>Fox shark</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the thrasher shark. See <cref>Thrasher shark</cref>, under <er>Thrasher</er>.</cd> -- <col>Fox sleep</col>, <cd>pretended sleep.</cd> -- <col>Fox sparrow</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a large American sparrow (<spn>Passerella iliaca</spn>); -- so called on account of its reddish color.</cd> -- <col>Fox squirrel</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a large North American squirrel (<spn>Sciurus niger</spn>, or <spn>S. cinereus</spn>). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the <i>cat squirrel<i>, is more common.</cd> -- <col>Fox terrier</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties.</cd> -- <col>Fox trot</col>, <cd>a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk.</cd> -- <col>Fox wedge</col> <fld>(Mach. & Carpentry)</fld>, <cd>a wedge for expanding the split end of a bolt, cotter, dowel, tenon, or other piece, to fasten the end in a hole or mortise and prevent withdrawal. The wedge abuts on the bottom of the hole and the piece is driven down upon it. Fastening by fox wedges is called <i>foxtail wedging<i>.</cd> -- <col>Fox wolf</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>one of several South American wild dogs, belonging to the genus <spn>Canis</spn>. They have long, bushy tails like a fox.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fox</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Foxed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Foxing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Fox</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, cf. Icel. <ets>fox</ets> imposture.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.</def>

<blockquote>I drank . . . so much wine that I was almost <b>foxed</b>. <i>Pepys.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.</def>

<h1>Fox</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.</def>

<h1>Foxearth</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox"earth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A hole in the earth to which a fox resorts to hide himself.</def>

<h1>Fracas</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fra"cas</hw> <tt>(?; F. <?/; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., crash, din, tumult, It. <ets>fracasso</ets>, fr. <ets>fracassare</ets> to break in pieces, perh. fr. <ets>fra</ets> within, among (L. <ets>infra</ets>) + <ets>cassare</ets> to annul, cashier. Cf. <er>Cashier</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.</def>

<h1>Fracho</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fracho</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A shallow iron pan to hold glass ware while being annealed.</def>

<h1>Fracid</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Frac"id</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fracidus</ets> mellow, soft.]</ety> <def>Rotten from being too ripe; overripe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Fract</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fract</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fractus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>frangere</ets> to break.]</ety> <def>To break; to violate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fracted</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Frac"ted</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having a part displaced, as if broken; -- said of an ordinary.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>