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(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.

(2):

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

(3):

(n.) The European dragonet.

(4):

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

(5):

(n.) A sly, cunning fellow.

(6):

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

(7):

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

(8):

(n.) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

(9):

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

(10):

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

(11):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fox'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fox.html. 1828.
 
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