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fox

F0285800 (fŏks)n.1. pl. fox·es also fox a. Any of various carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae and especially of the genus Vulpes, found worldwide and characteristically having upright ears, a pointed snout, and a long bushy tail.b. The fur of one of these mammals.2. A crafty, sly, or clever person.3. Slang A sexually attractive person.4. Nautical Small cordage made by twisting together two or more strands of tarred yarn.5. Archaic A sword.v. foxed, fox·ing, fox·es v.tr.1. To trick or fool by ingenuity or cunning; outwit.2. To baffle or confuse.3. To make (beer) sour by fermenting.4. To repair (a shoe) by attaching a new upper.5. Obsolete To intoxicate.v.intr.1. To act slyly or craftily.2. To turn sour in fermenting. Used of beer.
[Middle English, from Old English.]

Fox

F0285800 (fŏks)n. pl. Fox or Fox·es 1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting various parts of southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and eastern Iowa, with present-day populations in central Iowa and with the Sauk in Oklahoma.2. The Algonquian language of the Fox.
[Translation of French Renards, foxes, perhaps translation of Fox wa·koše·haki, foxes (applied as a name to a clan with the totem of a fox).]