fox9 definitions found fox - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 : Fox \Fox\ (f[o^]ks), n.; pl. Foxes. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa['u]h[=o], Icel. f[=o]a fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. Vixen.] 1. (Zool.) A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canid[ae], of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. 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] Note: 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. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The European dragonet. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark. [1913 Webster] 4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie. [1913 Webster] 5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats. [1913 Webster] 6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Thou diest on point of fox. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. pl. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies. [1913 Webster] Fox and geese. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, 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. Fox bat (Zool.), a large fruit bat of the genus Pteropus, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. P. medius of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See Fruit bat . Fox bolt, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge. Fox brush (Zool.), the tail of a fox. Fox evil, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy. Fox grape (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape (Vitis Labrusca) is the origin of the varieties called Isabella, Concord, Hartford, etc., and the southern fox grape (Vitis vulpina ) has produced the Scuppernong, and probably the Catawba. Fox hunter. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase. Fox shark (Zool.), the thrasher shark. See Thrasher shark , under Thrasher. Fox sleep, pretended sleep. Fox sparrow (Zool.), a large American sparrow (Passerella iliaca ); -- so called on account of its reddish color. Fox squirrel (Zool.), a large North American squirrel (Sciurus niger, or S. cinereus). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the cat squirrel, is more common. Fox terrier (Zool.), 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. Fox trot, 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. Fox wedge (Mach. & Carpentry), 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 foxtail wedging. Fox wolf (Zool.), one of several South American wild dogs, belonging to the genus Canis. They have long, bushy tails like a fox. [1913 Webster] Fox \Fox\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Foxing.] [See Fox, n., cf. Icel. fox imposture.] 1. To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink. [1913 Webster] I drank . . . so much wine that I was almost foxed. --Pepys. [1913 Webster] 2. To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment. [1913 Webster] 3. To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of. [1913 Webster] Fox \Fox\, v. i. To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting. [1913 Webster] Dragonet \Drag"on*et\, n. 1. A little dragon. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) A small British marine fish (Callionymuslyra); -- called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie. [1913 Webster] fox - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) : fox n 1: alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs 2: a shifty deceptive person [syn: dodger, fox, slyboots] 3: the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox 4: English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806) [syn: Fox, Charles James Fox ] 5: English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691) [syn: Fox, George Fox] 6: a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River 7: the Algonquian language of the Fox v 1: deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" [syn: flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on] 2: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate] 3: become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots fox - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) : FOX Field Operational X.500 fox - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : Fox (Heb. shu'al, a name derived from its digging or burrowing under ground), the Vulpes thaleb, or Syrian fox, the only species of this animal indigenous to Palestine. It burrows, is silent and solitary in its habits, is destructive to vineyards, being a plunderer of ripe grapes (Cant. 2:15). The Vulpes Niloticus, or Egyptian dog-fox, and the Vulpes vulgaris, or common fox, are also found in Palestine. The proverbial cunning of the fox is alluded to in Ezek. 13:4, and in Luke 13:32, where our Lord calls Herod "that fox." In Judg. 15:4, 5, the reference is in all probability to the jackal. The Hebrew word _shu'al_ through the Persian _schagal_ becomes our jackal (Canis aureus), so that the word may bear that signification here. The reasons for preferring the rendering "jackal" are (1) that it is more easily caught than the fox; (2) that the fox is shy and suspicious, and flies mankind, while the jackal does not; and (3) that foxes are difficult, jackals comparatively easy, to treat in the way here described. Jackals hunt in large numbers, and are still very numerous in Southern Palestine. fox - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : Fox, AK (CDP, FIPS 26870) Location: 64.96074 N, 147.62126 W Population (1990): 275 (154 housing units) Area: 45.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Fox, AR Zip code(s): 72051 Fox, OR Zip code(s): 97831 fox - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : 28 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, wolf |