foxen
adjEtymology From fox + -en (having the qualities of). Compare Old English fyxen (“of foxes, foxen”).
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Rare Of or pertaining to foxes.
- I Did then […] obſserve one Main Advantage that the Foxen Generation, and all the Twiſting brood of Snakes and Serpents (attendants in chief upon the Fox his ſubtilty) did and do enjoy before any Beaſt of prey (or of labour either) in the Wilderneſs.1652, W. B., Experiences and Tears:
- Behind a foxen muff enormous?1806 April 12, The Companion and Weekly Miscellany 1806-04-12: Vol 2 Iss 24:
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- True hands they gave and took / And down beneath, with foxen eyes / On the king's host they look.1852, Hanka, Václav, 1791-1861; Linda, Josef, 1789-1834, Manuscript of the Queen's Court: