| 释义 |
† ˈcolfox, colefox Obs.
[f. col, coal + fox = coal-fox, as in cole-tit, etc. So Ger. kohlfuchs, kohlenfuchs (Grimm), Du. koolvos (Kilian). Still a surname and pronounced (ˈkəʊlfɒks).]
The brant-fox, a variety of the fox, distinguished by a greater admixture of black in its fur.
c1386Chaucer Nun's Pr. T. 395 A Colfox ful of sly Iniquitee. [So 2 MSS; Harl. has cole-fox, others col, kolle, kole fox. Cf. ibid. 84 And tipped was his tayle and both his eeris With blak vnlyk the remenant of his heeris.] |