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fox⋅ing

  [fok-sing]
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–noun
1. material used to cover the upper portion of a shoe.
2. discoloration, as of book leaves or prints.
Origin:
fox + -ing 1

fox

  [foks] noun, plural fox⋅es, (especially collectively) fox, verb
–noun
1. any of several carnivores of the dog family, esp. those of the genus Vulpes, smaller than wolves, having a pointed, slightly upturned muzzle, erect ears, and a long, bushy tail.
2. the fur of this animal.
3. a cunning or crafty person.
4. (initial capital letter) a member of a tribe of North American Algonquian Indians, formerly in Wisconsin, later merged with the Sauk tribe.
5. (initial capital letter) the Algonquian language of the Fox, Sauk, and Kickapoo Indians.
6. Bible. a scavenger, perhaps the jackal. Psalms 63:10; Lam. 5:18.
7. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter F: replaced by Foxtrot.
8. Slang. an attractive young woman or young man.
–verb (used with object)
9. to deceive or trick.
10. to repair or make (a shoe) with leather or other material applied so as to cover or form part of the upper front.
11. Obsolete. to intoxicate or befuddle.
–verb (used without object)
12. to act cunningly or craftily.
13. (of book leaves, prints, etc.) to become foxed.
Origin:
bef. 900; 1960–65 for def. 9; ME, OE; c. OS vohs, MLG vos, OHG fuhs (G Fuchs). Cf. vixen

Related forms:
foxlike, adjective
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fox   (fŏks)   
n.   pl. fox·es also fox

    1. Any of various carnivorous mammals of the genus Vulpes and related genera, related to the dogs and wolves and characteristically having upright ears, a pointed snout, and a long bushy tail.

    2. The fur of one of these mammals.

  2. A crafty, sly, or clever person.

  3. Slang A sexually attractive person.

  4. Nautical Small cordage made by twisting together two or more strands of tarred yarn.

  5. Archaic A sword.

v.   foxed, fox·ing, fox·es

v.   tr.

  1. To trick or fool by ingenuity or cunning; outwit.

  2. To baffle or confuse.

  3. To make (beer) sour by fermenting.

  4. To repair (a shoe) by attaching a new upper.

  5. Obsolete To intoxicate.

v.   intr.

  1. To act slyly or craftily.

  2. To turn sour in fermenting. Used of beer.


[Middle English, from Old English.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
fox

  1. n.
    an attractive girlor young woman. : Man, who was that fox I saw you with?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

fox 
O.E. fox, from W.Gmc. *fukhs (cf. O.H.G. fuhs, O.N. foa, Goth. fauho), from P.Gmc. base *fuh-, corresponding to PIE *puk- "tail" (cf. Skt. puccha- "tail"). The bushy tail is also the source of words for "fox" in Welsh (llwynog, from llwyn "bush"); Sp. (raposa, from rabo "tail"); Lith. (uodegis "fox," from uodega "tail"). Metaphoric extension to "clever person" is pre-1250. The verb is from 1567. Meaning "sexually attractive woman" is from 1940s; but foxy in this sense is recorded from 1895. Foxed in booksellers' catalogues means "stained with fox-colored marks." Fox-trot (dance) 1915, on notion of a fox's short steps. Foxhole is from O.E. foxhol in the literal sense; the meaning "a soldier's protective hole" is from 1919. Foxglove is O.E. foxes glofa, but the connection is obscure.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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