foxed
deceived; tricked.
stained or spotted a yellowish brown, as by age: a dog-eared and foxed volume of poetry.
(of museum specimens of birds and mammals) having melanin pigments that have oxidized with age to a reddish-brown color.
Origin of foxed
1Other words from foxed
- un·foxed, adjective
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How to use foxed in a sentence
He was comprehensively out-foxed by Salmond, the Scottish National Party leader, who now finds himself in a win-win position.
Anarchy for the U.K.? British Leaders Panicking Over Scottish Vote for Independence | Nico Hines | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI made him almost foxed, the poor man having but a bad head, and not used I believe nowadays to drink much wine.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysI had taken the copy of Graziani's suites off the desk, and was holding it on my lap turning over the old foxed and yellow pages.
The Lost Stradivarius | John Meade FalknerA foxed book cannot have the fox marks removed, and such a book should be avoided.
The Private Library | Arthur L. HumphreysIf there are no flimsies, the leaf opposite a plate often shows a set-off from it and is sometimes specially badly foxed.
Fine Books | Alfred W. Pollard
"The little old foxed Molire," once the property of William Pott, unknown to fame.
Ballads of Books | Various
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