fox.html - {n. phr.} A tag game in which the player representing the fox tries to catch one of the players representing geese as they run around the outside of a circle.

fox.html - n. & v.
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1 a any of various wild flesh-eating mammals of the dog family, esp. of the genus Vulpes, with a sharp snout, bushy tail, and red or grey fur. b the fur of a fox.
2 a cunning or sly person.
3 US sl. an attractive young woman.

--v.

1 a intr. act craftily. b tr. deceive, baffle, trick.
2 tr. (usu. as foxed adj.) discolour (the leaves of a book, engraving, etc.) with brownish marks.

fox-terrier 1 a terrier of a short-haired breed originally used for unearthing foxes.
2 this breed.

foxing n. (in sense 2 of v.). foxlike adj. [OE f. WG]

fox.html - n. & v.
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1 the hunting of foxes with hounds.
2 a particular group of people engaged in this.

--v.

intr. engage in a fox-hunt.

fox-hunter n. fox-hunting n. & adj.

fox.html - n.
any tall plant of the genus Digitalis, with erect spikes of purple or white flowers like glove-fingers.

fox.html - n.
1 Mil. a hole in the ground used as a shelter against enemy fire or as a firing-point.
2 a place of refuge or concealment.

fox.html - n.
a kind of hound bred and trained to hunt foxes.