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In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats. Lowell. "The fox's heart went pitapat." L'Estrange.

A head or poll tax; hence, extortion. [Obs.] Foxe.

Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] Foxe.

text; hence, a marginal note; a comment. Langton also made postils upon the whole Bible. Foxe.

A prebendaryship. [Obs.] Foxe.

To note or designate beforehand. Foxe.

The act of devouring other creatures; ravage. Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, . . . lion in prey. Shak. Beast of prey, a carnivorous animal; one that feeds on the flesh of other animals.

To produce; to bring forward. "Producted to . . . examination." [Obs.] Foxe.

A name for a fox. [Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.

One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language. He [Fox] . . . purified vocabulary with a scrupulosity unknown to any purist. Macaulay.

rallel, and four right angles; square. Figures, some round, some triangle, some quadrate. Foxe.

One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4. Fox's teaching was primarily a preaching of repentance . . . The trembling among the listening crowd caused or con…

To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence. [Obs. or Scot.] Foxe.

Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox.

To prepare with haste. [Obs.] Foxe.

shalt, quod he, be rather false than I. Chaucer. A good mean to come the rather to grace. Foxe.

To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] Foxe.

The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.] Foxe.

One who recompenses. A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe.

To return; to recur. [Obs.] The flame departing and recoursing. Foxe.