Part 4549

<h1>Foxed</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Foxed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Discolored or stained; -- said of timber, and also of the paper of books or engravings.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Repaired by foxing; <as>as, <ex>foxed</ex> boots</as>.</def>

<h1>Foxery</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox"e*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Behavior like that of a fox; <?/unning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Foxes</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox"es</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Fox</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 7.</def>

<h1>Foxfish</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The fox shark; -- called also <altname>sea fox</altname>. See <cref>Thrasher shark</cref>, under <er>Shark</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The european dragonet. See <er>Dragonet</er>.</def>

<h1>Foxglove</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox"glove`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>AS</ets>. <ets>foxes-gl<?/fa</ets>, <ets>foxes-clife</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the genus <spn>Digitalis</spn>. The common English foxglove (<spn>Digitalis purpurea</spn>) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See <er>Digitalis</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled <b>foxgloves</b> from their stem. <i>W. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foxhound</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox"hound`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.</def>

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

<hw>Fox"-hunt`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.</def>

<h1>Foxineess</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox"i*neess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being foxy, or foxlike; craftiness; shrewdness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A coarse and sour taste in grapes.</def>

<h1>Foxish</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Foxlike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Foxlike</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox"like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.</def>

<h1>Foxly</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Foxlike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Foxly</i> craft."

<i>Latimer.</i>