Definitions for the word "fox" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The European dragonet.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A sly, cunning fellow.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. i.
To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
1 a wild canine animal with a bushy tail and red or grey fur. B its fur. 2 cunning person. v. 1 deceive, baffle, trick. 2 (usu. As foxed adj.) Discolour (leaves of a book etc.) With brownish marks. foxlike adj. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. slang
to cheat or rob.—_Eton College._ In London to watch closely and
narrowly.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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