2syllables
foxing
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Definitions offoxing
1verb
- To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
- To confuse or baffle (someone).
Example: "This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me."
- To act slyly or craftily.
- To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)
Example: "The pages of the book show distinct foxing."
- To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
- To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
- To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
- To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
1noun
- The discolouration of printed material with brown marks.
- A band of material joining the upper of a shoe to the sole.
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