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foxing

verb

Meaning

  1. To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
  2. To confuse or baffle (someone).
  3. To act slyly or craftily.
  4. To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)
  5. To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
  6. To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
  7. The discolouration of printed material with brown marks.
  8. A band of material joining the upper of a shoe to the sole.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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