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The thrasher shark. See Thrasher.

The carp; -- so called on account of its cunning. Walton.

A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.

At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad. The fox roams far abroad. Prior.

An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage. Foxe.

To heap up. [Obs.] Foxe.

pels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.

The German language. J. Foxe.

he conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.

A small foxlike animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valued for its fur.

The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.

[Obs.] When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead. Foxe.

The bushy tail of a fox.

st of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration. Bursts of fox-hunting melody. W. Irving.

The tail, or brush, of a fox. To beat about the bush, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. -- Bush bean (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus). See Bean, 1. -- Bush buck, or Bush go…

lf unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it. Foxe.

paper sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot.

some cities. -- Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox. -- Cap paper. (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolsap, and legal cap. (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities. Cap rock (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore, generally o…

Belonging a prison. [R.] Foxe.

As a proper name, a fox; -- so called in fables and familiar literature.