foxed, ppl. a.
(fɒkst)
[f. fox v. + -ed1.]
In senses of the vb.
1. Intoxicated, drunk, stupefied.
| 1611 [see columbered]. 1673 Shadwell Epsom Wells iv. Wks. 1720 II. 248 Udsooks, I begin to be fox'd. 1896 Q. Rev. Jan. 16 Will Symons had often seen him ‘foxed’ amid the most undignified surroundings. |
2. Trimmed with fox-fur. In quot. punningly.
| 1609 W. M. Man in Moone (1849) 26 His gowne is throughly foxt, yet he is sober. |
3. Of the leaves of books, also of timber; Discoloured by decay; stained with brownish-yellow spots.
| 1847 Halliwell s.v., Timber is said to be foxed, when it becomes discoloured in consequence of incipient decay. Warw. 1848 Hare Guesses Ser. ii. 335 A torn or foxt and dog's-eared volume. 1885 A. Dobson At Sign Lyre 83 The Burton I bought for a florin, And the Rabelais foxed and flea'd. |
4. Of beer: Turned sour.
| 1743 Lond. & Country Brew. 106 The evil stinking Scent that arises therefrom, which has brought it under the Denomination of being foxed. |
5. Of a boot: (see fox v. 6, foxing 2).
| 1880 Antrim & Down Gloss. s.v., Women's cloth boots are foxed when they have a binding of leather on the cloth all round next the sole. |