[foks] 
noun, plural fox⋅es, (especially collectively
) fox, verb | 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. |
| 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. |
| 12. | to act cunningly or craftily. |
| 13. | (of book leaves, prints, etc.) to become foxed. |
[foks] | 1. | Charles James, 1749–1806, British orator and statesman. |
| 2. | George, 1624–91, English religious leader and writer: founder of the Society of Friends. |
| 3. | John. Foxe, John. |
| 4. | John William, Jr., 1863–1919, U.S. novelist. |
| 5. | Margaret, 1833–93, and her sister Katherine (“Kate”), 1839–92, U.S. spiritualist mediums, born in Canada. |
| 6. | Sir William, 1812–93, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister 1856, 1861–62, 1869–72, 1873. |
| fox (fŏks) n. pl. fox·es also fox
v. tr.
[Middle English, from Old English.] |
| Fox (fŏks) n. pl. Fox or Fox·es
[Translation of French Renards, foxes, perhaps translation of Fox wa·koše·haki, foxes (applied as a name to a clan with the totem of a fox).] |
| Fox, Charles James 1749-1806. British politician who supported American independence and the French Revolution. |
| Fox, George 1624-1691. English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends, or Quakers (1647-1648). |
| Fox, Vicente Born 1942. Mexican businessman and politician who served as president (2000-2006), ending 71 years of uninterrupted rule by Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party. |
| Fox, William Originally Wilhelm Fried. 1879-1952. Hungarian-born American motion-picture executive who founded his own film company (1915) and merged with 20th Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox (1935). His company led in the development of sound movies. |
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(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.
