Fox

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

The European dragonet.

3. Noun

The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.

4. Noun

A sly, cunning fellow.

5. Noun

Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats.

6. Noun

A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.

7. Noun

A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies.

8. Noun

To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

9. Noun

To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.

10. Noun

To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

11. Verb

To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.

12. Noun

alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
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