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FOXFast-on oscillator
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FOXname of an Algonquian people (confederated with the Sac after 1760), translating French renards, which itself may be a translation of an Iroquoian term meaning "red fox people." Their name f [..]
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FOX1660s, "to delude" (perhaps implied in Old English foxung "fox-like wile, craftiness"), from fox (n.). The same notion is implied in Old English verbal noun foxung "fox-like w [..]
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FOXOld English fox "a fox," from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz "fox" (cognates Old Saxon vohs, Middle Dutch and Dutch vos, Old High German fuhs, German Fuchs, Old Norse foa, Gothic fauho), f [..]
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FOXan animal
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FOXFox [N] [S](Heb. shu'al, a name derived from its digging or burrowing under ground), the Vulpes thaleb, or Syrian fox, the only species of this animal indigenous to Palestine. It burrows, is sile [..]
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FOXtype of mammal related to a dog with a thin muzzle and thick tail.
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FOXalert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs flim-flam: deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking tha [..]
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FOXa wild animal which has a long bushy tail
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FOX a sword; a cant word.
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FOX(Heb. shu'al, a name derived from its digging or burrowing under ground), the Vulpes thaleb, or Syrian fox, the only species of this animal indigenous to Palestine. It burrows, is silent and soli [..]
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FOX(Heb. shu'al). Probably the jackal is the animal signified in almost all the passages in the Old Testament where the Hebrew term occurs. Though both foxes and jackals abound in Palestine, the shu [..]
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FOXfuks
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FOXTo dream of chasing a fox, denotes that you are en gaging in doubtful speculations and risky love affairs. If you see a fox slyly coming into your yard, beware of envious friendships; your reputation is being slyly assailed. To kill a fox, denotes that you will win in every engagement.
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FOX(n) alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs(n) a shifty deceptive person(n) the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox(n) Engli [..]
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FOXvulpes volpes
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FOXMarshal Soult was so nicknamed, from his strategic talents and fertility of resources. (1769–1851.) (See REYNARD.)
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FOXAntipathy to foxes. Speaking of natural antipathies, Shakespeare makes Shylock say:
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FOXAn Old English broadsword.
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FOXTo steal or cheat; to fub; also “to shadow” a suspect; to watch without seeming so to do. A dog, a fox, and a weasel sleep, as they say, “with one eye open.”
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FOXMade by laying up three or more yarns and smoothing them down.
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FOXRadio call to report the launch of a air-to-air missile, from the 'Foxtrot' (F) of the phonetic alphabet. Fox One reports the launch of a semi-active radar-homing missile, e.g. Sparrow (AIM- [..]
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FOXFiber Optics Translator
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FOXn. "fox," s.v. fox sb. OED. KEY: fox@n
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FOXn 22 fox 18 foxes 4
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FOXAir-to-air weapons employment.
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FOXThe radio call for firing a missile. (Duh...no, we don't call the enemy before firing a missile!) Used in training hops and debriefs. A useful verb in dogfight debriefs: "I fox'ed you o [..]
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FOXAir-to-air weapons employment.
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FOXTo cancel a game due to legal issues relating to possible infringement of intellectual property by the game developers. The term is derived from 20th Century Fox Corporation causing a game mod to be cancelled.
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FOX
derived from the name of the animal.
(US,broadcasting|uncountable) , a large television network from the USA.
''I watched a great show on Fox last night.''
A given name.
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(as “the Fox”) An epithet for .
* '''1997''': Chris Horrocks, ''Introducing Foucault'', page 34 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
*: Foucault travelled [..]
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FOXEither from the English word fox or the surname Fox, which originally given as a nickname. The surname was borne by George Fox (1624-1691), the founder of the Quakers.
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