2. The state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration.
3. A coarse and sour taste in grapes.
Foxish
(Fox"ish), a. Foxlike. [Obs.]
Foxlike
(Fox"like`) a. Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.
Foxly
(Fox"ly), a. Foxlike. [Obs.] "Foxly craft." Latimer.
Foxship
(Fox"ship), n. Foxiness; craftiness. [R.] Shak.
Foxtail
(Fox"tail`) n.
1. The tail or brush of a fox.
2. (Bot.) The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species
of Alopecurus and Setaria.
3. (Metal.) The last cinders obtained in the fining process. Raymond.
Foxtail saw, a dovetail saw. — Foxtail wedging. See Fox wedge, under Fox.
Foxy
(Fox"y) a.
1. Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily.
Modred's narrow, foxy face.
Tennyson. 2. Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; — applied sometimes to paintings
when they have too much of this color.
3. Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling.
4. Sour; unpleasant in taste; — said of wine, beer, etc., not properly fermented; — also of grapes which
have the coarse flavor of the fox grape.
Foy
(Foy) n. [F. foi, old spelling foy, faith. See Faith.]
1. Faith; allegiance; fealty. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. A feast given by one about to leave a place. [Obs.]
He did at the Dog give me, and some other friends of his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day.
Pepys. Foyer
(||Foy`er") n. [F., fr. LL. focarium fireplace. See Focus, n.]
1. A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.
2. The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal. Knight.
Foyson
(Foy"son) n. [Obs.] See Foison.
Foziness
(Fo"zi*ness) n. The state of being fozy; spiritlessness; dullness. [Scot.]
[The Whigs'] foziness can no longer be concealed.
Blackwood's. Fozy
(Fo"zy) a. Spongy; soft; fat and puffy. [Scot.]
