Found 2 items, similar to Foxing.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fox fox v 1: deceive somebody; “We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week” [syn: trick, fob, 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, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate] 3: become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots 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, slyboots] 3: the gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox 4: English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806) [syn: Charles James Fox] 5: English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691) [syn: 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 people
English → English (gcide) Definition: Foxing 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]