FOX
\fˈɒks], \fˈɒks], \f_ˈɒ_k_s]\
Definitions of FOX
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)
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deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
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the Algonquian language of the Fox people
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a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
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English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
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the gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox
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become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots
By Princeton University
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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"
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English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)
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deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
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the Algonquian language of the Fox people
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a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
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English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
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the gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox
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become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species.
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A sly, cunning fellow.
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To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
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To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
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To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
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The fox shark or thrasher shark; - called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.
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Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; - used for seizings or mats.
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A sword; - so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
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A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; - called also Outagamies.
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To turn sour; - said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
By Oddity Software
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A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species.
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A sly, cunning fellow.
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To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
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To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
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To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
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The fox shark or thrasher shark; - called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.
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Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; - used for seizings or mats.
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A sword; - so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
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A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; - called also Outagamies.
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To turn sour; - said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
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The European dragonet.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A well-known animal of the dog genus, remarkable for cunning; a sly, cunning fellow; a small strand of rope, made by twisting several ropeyarns together.
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To make sour; to repair, as boots.
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To turn sour during fermentation.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic] An animal of the genus Cunis, with a straight bushy tail, erect ears, and straw-coloured hair—it burrow's in the earth, preys on lambs, poultry, birds, &c., and is remarkable for its cunning;—a sly, cunning fellow;—in nautical language, a small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together.
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