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Fox

noun

(pl. foxes)

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. Synonyms: dodger, slyboots.

3.

The grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox.

4.

English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806). Synonym: Charles James Fox.

5.

English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691). Synonym: 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.

verb

(past & past part. foxed; pres. part. foxing)

1.

Deceive somebody. Synonyms: flim-flam, fob, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick.

2.

Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fuddle, throw. "This question completely threw me" , "This question befuddled even the teacher"

3.

Become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots.

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"Fox" Quotes from Famous Books

... member of the Four-in-hand Club, and has numberless stories about Sir Godfrey Webster, Sir John Lade, and the old heroes of those times. She has lent a rouleau to Dick Sheridan, and remembers Lord Byron when he was a sulky slim young lad. She says Charles Fox was the pleasantest fellow she ever met with, and has not the slightest objection to inform you that one of the princes was very much in love with her. Yet somehow she is only fifty-two years old, and I have never been able to understand her calculation. One day ...

— Men's Wives • William Makepeace Thackeray

... reinforcement should be attempted without warning. Thus he secured, or continued, a sort of truce, irregular and informal, but practical. Meantime he was encouraged by the earnest propositions of Mr. G.V. Fox, until lately an officer of the navy, who was ready to undertake the relief of the fort. Eager discussions ensued, wherein naval men backed the project of Mr. Fox, and army men condemned it. Such difference of expert opinion was trying, for the problem was of ...

— Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I. • John T. Morse

... during his exile are to me very touching, though I have been told so often that in having written them he lacked the fortitude of a Roman. Perhaps I am more capable of appreciating natural humanity than Roman fortitude. We remember the story of the Spartan boy who allowed the fox to bite him beneath his frock without crying. I think we may imagine that he refrained from tears in public, before some herd of school-fellows, or a bench of masters, or amid the sternness of parental authority; but that he told his sister afterward ...

— Life of Cicero - Volume One • Anthony Trollope

... Fox, Anderson, and McNeils Islands are integral parts of the Bay Island country, a rich district tributary to Tacoma and offering unlimited opportunities for campers who are always welcomed by the hospitable ranchers. Hartstine ...

— The Beauties of the State of Washington - A Book for Tourists • Harry F. Giles

... heart was very seriously engaged in his designs upon this simple lady: but the life of such men is often one of intrigue, and they can no more go through the day without a woman to pursue, than a fox-hunter without his ...

— Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges • William Makepeace Thackeray

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