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• Fox

  ·noun A sly, cunning fellow. II. Fox ·noun The European dragonet. III. Fox ·noun To make sour, as ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fox

  (Heb. shu'al, a name derived from its digging or burrowing under ground), the Vulpes thaleb, or Syri...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Fox

  (Heb. shu'al). Probably the jackal is the animal signified in almost all the passages in the Old Tes...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Brant-fox

  ·noun A kind of fox found in Sweden (Vulpes alopex), smaller than the common fox (V. vulgaris), but ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Dog-fox

  ·noun A male fox. ·see the Note under Dog, ·noun, 6. II. Dog-fox ·noun The Arctic or blue fox; — a...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fox-hunting

  ·adj Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sea fox

  ·- The thrasher shark. ·see <<Thrasher>>. ...

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• Water fox

  ·- The carp; — so called on account of its cunning. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fox, George

  (1624-1691) Religious enthusiast, and founder of the Society of Friends, b. at Drayton, Leicestersh...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Fox, John

  (b. 1863) American novelist. A Cumberland Vendetta, The Kentuckians, Blue Grass, Little Shepherd of...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Fox Court

  1) North out of Long Lane, West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• flying-fox

  n. a gigantic Australian bat, Pteropus poliocephalus, Temm. It has a fetid odour anddoes great damag...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• to fox boots

  To foot boots, i. e. to repair boots by adding new soles, and surrounding the feet with new leather....

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• cross-fox

  A fox whose color is between the common reddish-yellow and the silver-gray, having on its back a bla...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• silver fox

  A black fox, with white king-hairs interspersed on the back of it.--Cartwright's Labrador. Like the ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Fox, Charles James

  (1749-1806) Statesman and historian, s. of Henry F., 1st Lord Holland, was one of the greatest orat...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Fox Ordinary Court

  West out of St. Nicholas' Lane. In Candlewick and Langbourne Wards (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831). "F...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Three Fox Court

  1) West out of St. Clement's Lane. In Langbourn Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). The site is now ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Fox and Crown Court

  1) South out of Barbican in Aldersgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799). The site is now...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Fox and Hounds Yard

  East out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831). The site is...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Fox and Knot Court

  West out of Cow Lane and north through Fox and Knot Inn to Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (H...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Fox and Knot Inn

  See Fox and Knot Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Fox Court, Cow Lane

  See Fox and Knot Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Fox Court, Nicholas Lane

  See Fox Ordinary Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Fox and Goose Inn, Yard

  On the south side of London Wall, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799), between Col...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.