foxbane (foksban)

A species of monk's hood, Aconitum Vulparia. fox-bat (foks'bat), n. A flying-fox; a fruit-bat; one of the large frugivorous bats of the family Pteropodidæ, such as the kalong or edible fruitbat, Pteropus edulis, of the East Indies, measuring 4 or 5 feet in alar expanse: so called from the fox-like face. See cut under flying - fox. foxberry (foks'ber"i), n.; pl. foxberries (-iz). A name of the plant Arctostaphylos Uva - ursi. See bearberry. fox-bolt (foks'bōlt), n. IMG:content-1777.png:[blocks in formation] See the same man in vigour, in the gout,... Mad at a fox - chase , wise at a debate. Pope , Moral E ays, i. 74. fox-earth (foks'érth), n. A hole in the earth to which a fox resorts to hide itself. Shall the vile fox - earth awe the race that stormed the lion's den? Macaulay , Virgin i us. foxed (fokst), p. a. [ 3. Covered by a foxing, as a shoe. foxery (fok's er-i), n. [ I have wel lever Bifore the puple [people] patre and pre ye, And wrie [cover] me in my foxerie Under a cope of papelardie [hypocrisy]. Fox in the holet, a game played by boys, who hopped on one leg, and beat one another with gloves or pieces of fox-evil (foks'ē"vl), n. contrary to its original lay. - To bolt a fox, to chop a fox, etc. See the verbs. fox1 (foks), v . [ With us of the North, foxing is by some followed during the late fall and winter, for the skins of the animal, which bring a fair price in market. Sportsman's Gazetteer , p. 17. 2. To employ crafty means; act with di imu- IMG:content-1778.jpg:[blocks in formation] II. trans. To steal. Coll. Eton. ( Hall i well .) fox2 (foks), v. [Prob., as foxed , foxfire , foxy , etc., in related senses indicate, fox1 , n ., with ref. to the red or rusty color of the common fox.] I. in trans. 1. To become discolored: said of timber or of paper. See foxed , foxfire . Foxing in prints and books is caused sometimes by damp, but often by rust. N. and Q., 6th ser., XI. 173. 2. To turn sour: said of beer when it sours in fermenting. II. trans. To make sour, as beer in fermenting. fox3t (foks), v. [Prob. in allusion to for1 or fox2 .] I. trans . To intoxicate; fuddle; stupefy. Ah, blind as one that had been fox'd a seven-night! Middle ton ( and another ), Mayor of Queen borough, v. 1. Item, such a day I was got for'd with foolish metheglin. Middle ton, Anything for a Quiet Life, i. 1. Rom. of the Rose , 1. 6795. Same as alopecia . Same as fox -sparrow.