Part 4550

<h1>Foxship</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox"ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Foxiness; craftiness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Foxtail</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox"tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The tail or brush of a fox.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of <spn>Alopecurus</spn> and <spn>Setaria</spn>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>The last cinders obtained in the fining process.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<cs><col>Foxtail saw</col>, <cd>a dovetail saw.</cd> -- <col>Foxtail wedging</col>. <cd>See <cref>Fox wedge</cref>, under <er>Fox</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Foxy</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fox"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily.</def>

<blockquote>Modred's narrow, <b>foxy</b> face. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Sour; unpleasant in taste; -- said of wine, beer, etc., not properly fermented; -- also of grapes which have the coarse flavor of the fox grape.</def>

<h1>Foy</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Foy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>foi</ets>, old spelling <ets>foy</ets>, faith. See <er>Faith</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Faith; allegiance; fealty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A feast given by one about to leave a place.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He did at the Dog give me, and some other friends of his, his <b>foy</b>, he being to set sail to-day. <i>Pepys.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foyer</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Foy`er"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. LL. <ets>focarium</ets> fireplace. See <er>Focus</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Foyson</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Foy"son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Foison</er>.</def>

<h1>Foziness</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Fo"zi*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being fozy; spiritlessness; dullness.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>