Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F

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Fox (n.) A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.]

We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. -- Beattie.
Fox (n.) (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats.

Fox (n.) A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.]

Thou diest on point of fox. -- Shak.

Fox (n.) pl. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies.

Fox and geese. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another.

Fox and geese. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox.

Fox bat (Zool.), A large fruit bat of the genus Pteropus, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. P. medius of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See Fruit bat.

Fox bolt, A bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge.

Fox brush (Zool.), The tail of a fox.

Fox evil, A disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy.

Fox grape (Bot.), The name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca) is the origin of the varieties called Isabella, Concord, Hartford, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis vulpina) has produced the Scuppernong, and probably the Catawba.

Fox hunter. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds.

Fox hunter. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase.

Fox shark (Zool.), The thrasher shark. See Thrasher shark, under Thrasher.

Fox sleep, Pretended sleep.

Fox sparrow (Zool.), A large American sparrow ({Passerella iliaca); -- so called on account of its reddish color.

Fox squirrel (Zool.), A large North American squirrel ({Sciurus niger, or S. cinereus). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the cat squirrel, is more common.

Fox terrier (Zool.), One of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties.

Fox trot, A pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk.

Fox wedge (Mach. & Carpentry), A wedge for expanding the split end of a bolt, cotter, dowel, tenon, or other piece, to fasten the end in a hole or mortise and prevent withdrawal. The wedge abuts on the bottom of the hole and the piece is driven down upon it. Fastening by fox wedges is called foxtail wedging.

Fox wolf (Zool.), One of several South American wild dogs, belonging to the genus Canis. They have long, bushy tails like a fox.

Foxed (imp. & p. p.) of Fox.

Foxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fox.

Fox (v. t.) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

I drank . . . so much wine that I was almost foxed. -- Pepys.

Fox (v. t.) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.

Fox (v. t.) To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

Fox (v. i.) To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.

Compare: Dragonet

Dragonet (n.) A little dragon. -- Spenser.

Dragonet (n.) (Zool.) A small British marine fish ({Callionymuslyra); -- called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie.

Fox (n.) Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs.

Fox (n.) A shifty deceptive person [syn: dodger, fox, slyboots].

Fox (n.) The grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox.

Fox (n.) English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806) [syn: Fox, Charles James Fox].

Fox (n.) English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691) [syn: Fox, George Fox].

Fox (n.) A member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River.

Fox (n.) The Algonquian language of the Fox.

Fox (v.) Deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" [syn: flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on].

Fox (v.) Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate].

Fox (v.) Become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots.

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Fox, () (Heb. shu'al, a name derived from its digging or burrowing under ground), The Vulpes thaleb, or Syrian fox, the only species of this animal indigenous to Palestine. It burrows, is silent and solitary in its habits, is destructive to vineyards, being a plunderer of ripe grapes (Cant. 2:15). The Vulpes Niloticus, or Egyptian dog-fox, and the Vulpes vulgaris, or common fox, are also found in Palestine.

The proverbial cunning of the fox is alluded to in Ezek. 13:4, and in Luke 13:32, where our Lord calls Herod "that fox." In Judg. 15:4, 5, the reference is in all probability to the jackal. The Hebrew word _shu'al_ through the Persian _schagal_ becomes our jackal (Canis aureus), so that the word may bear that signification here. The reasons for preferring the rendering "jackal" are (1) that it is more easily caught than the fox; (2) that the fox is shy and suspicious, and flies mankind, while the jackal does not; and (3) that foxes are difficult, jackals comparatively easy, to treat in the way here described. Jackals hunt in large numbers, and are still very numerous in Southern Palestine.

Fox, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska

Population (2000): 300

Housing Units (2000): 159

Land area (2000): 13.601285 sq. miles (35.227166 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 13.601285 sq. miles (35.227166 sq. km)

FIPS code: 26870

Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02

Location: 64.953979 N, 147.628325 W

ZIP Codes (1990):

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Fox, AK

Fox

Foxearth (n.) A hole in the earth to which a fox resorts to hide himself.

Fracas (v. t.) An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.

Fracas (n.) Noisy quarrel [syn: affray, altercation, fracas].

Frache (n.) A shallow iron pan to hold glass ware while being annealed.

Fracid (a.) Rotten from being too ripe; overripe.

Fract (v. t.) To break; to violate.

Fracted (a.) Having a part displaced, as if broken; -- said of an ordinary.

Foxed (a.) Discolored or stained; -- said of timber, and also of the paper of books or engravings.

Foxed (a.) Repaired by foxing; as, foxed boots.

Foxery (n.) Behavior like that of a fox; cunning.

Foxes (n. pl.) See Fox, n., 7.

Foxfish (n.) The fox shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.

Foxfish (n.) The european dragonet. See Dragonet.

Foxglove (n.) Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis.

Foxhound (n.) One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.

Fox-hunting (a.) Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.

Foxiness (n.) The state or quality of being foxy, or foxlike; craftiness; shrewdness.

Foxiness (n.) The state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration.

Foxiness (n.) A coarse and sour taste in grapes.

Foxish (a.) Foxlike.

Foxlike (a.) Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.

Foxly (a.) Foxlike.

Foxship (n.) Foxiness; craftiness.

Foxtail (n.) The tail or brush of a fox.

Foxtail (n.) The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria.

Foxtail (n.) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.

Foxy (a.) Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily.

Foxy (a.) Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color.

Foxy (a.) Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling.

Foxy (a.) Sour; unpleasant in taste; -- said of wine, beer, etc., not properly fermented; -- also of grapes which have the coarse flavor of the fox grape.

Foy (n.) Faith; allegiance; fealty.

Foy (n.) A feast given by one about to leave a place.

Foyer (n.) A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.

Foyer (n.) The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.

Foyson (n.) See Foison.

Foziness (n.) The state of being fozy; spiritlessness; dullness.

Fozy (a.) Spongy; soft; fat and puffy.

Fra (adv. & prep.) Fro.

Fra (n.) Brother; -- a title of a monk of friar; as, Fra Angelo.

Frab (v. i. & t.) To scold; to nag.

Frabbit (a.) Crabbed; peevish.

Fracking (n.) 頁岩油開採：水力壓裂法 Introduction: What is Fracking? Fracking is shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, a type of drilling that has been used commercially for 65 years. Today, the combination of advanced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, employing cutting-edge technologies, is mostly responsible for surging U.S. oil and natural gas production.

Hydraulic fracturing involves safely tapping shale and other tight-rock formations by drilling a mile or more below the surface before gradually turning horizontal and continuing several thousand feet more. Thus, a single surface site can accommodate a number of wells. Once the well is drilled, cased and cemented, small perforations are made in the horizontal portion of the well pipe, through which a typical mixture of water (90 percent), sand (9.5 percent) and additives (0.5 percent) is pumped at high pressure to create micro-fractures in the rock that are held open by the grains of sand. Additives play a number of roles, including helping to reduce friction (thereby reducing the amount of pumping pressure from diesel-powered sources, which reduces air emissions) and prevent pipe corrosion, which in turn help protect the environment and boost well efficiency.

Why Fracking?

Safe hydraulic fracturing is the biggest single reason America is having an energy revolution right now, one that has changed the U.S. energy picture from scarcity to abundance. Fracking is letting the U.S. tap vast oil and natural gas reserves that previously were locked away in shale and other tight-rock formations. Up to 95 percent of natural gas wells drilled in the next decade will require hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing also is being used to stimulate new production from older wells.

Because of shale and fracking, the International Energy Agency projects that the U.S. could become the world’s leading oil producer by 2015. As for natural gas, the United States is the leading producer in the world, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA estimates total U.S. gas production from 2012 to 2040 will increase 56 percent, with natural gas from shale the leading contributor. The shale gas share of total U.S. production will increase from 40 percent in 2012 to 53 percent in 2040, EIA projects. Simply put, fracking is the engine in the U.S. energy revolution.

Fraction (n.) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.

Fraction (n.) A portion; a fragment.

Fraction (n.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude.

Fraction (v. t.) To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or crystallization; to fractionate; -- frequently used with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade of oil from pretroleum.

Fractional (a.) Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers.

Fractional (a.) Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population.

Fractionally (adv.) By fractions or separate portions; as, to distill a liquid fractionally, that is, so as to separate different portions.

Fractionary (a.) Fractional.

Fractionate (v. t.) To separate into different portions or fractions, as in the distillation of liquids.

Fractious (a.) Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.

Fractural (a.) Pertaining to, or consequent on, a fracture.

Fracture (n.) 破裂；斷裂；折斷；骨折 [C] [U] [（+of）]；裂縫；裂面；裂痕 [C] The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

Fracture (n.) (Surg.) The breaking of a bone.

Fracture (n.) (Min.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.

Comminuted fracture (Surg.), A fracture in which the bone is broken into several parts.

Complicated fracture (Surg.), A fracture of the bone combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or joint.

Compound fracture (Surg.), A fracture in which there is an open wound from the surface down to the fracture.

Simple fracture (Surg.), A fracture in which the bone only is ruptured. It does not communicate with the surface by an open wound.

Syn: Fracture, Rupture.

Usage: These words denote different kinds of breaking, according to the objects to which they are applied.

Fracture is applied to hard substances; as, the fracture of a bone. Rupture is oftener applied to soft substances; as, the rupture of a blood vessel. It is also used figuratively. "To be an enemy and once to have been a friend, does it not embitter the rupture?" -- South.

Fracture (n.) Breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" [syn: fracture, break].

Fracture (n.) (Geology) A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" [syn: fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break].

Fracture (n.) The act of cracking something [syn: fracture, crack, cracking].

Fracture (v.) Violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language".

Fracture (v.) Interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power".

Fracture (v.) Break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle".

Fracture (v.) Become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe".

Fracture (v.) Break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle".

Fracture (v.) Fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" [syn: fracture, break].

Fractured (imp. & p. p.) of Fracture

Fracturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fracture

Fracture (v. t.) (v. t.) 使破裂；使斷裂；使折斷；使骨折；毀壞；打破；違反（規定等） (v. i.) 破裂；斷裂；折斷 To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull. Frenulum

Fraenula (n. pl. ) of Fraenulum.

Fraenulum (n.) A fraenum.

Fraenums (n. pl. ) of Frenum.

Fraena (n. pl. ) of Frenum.

Fraenum (n.) Alt. of Frenum.

Frenum (n.) A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; as, the fraenum of the tongue.

Fragile (a.) Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.

Fragility (n.) The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.

Fragility (n.) Weakness; feebleness.

Fragility (n.) Liability to error and sin; frailty.

Fragment (v. t.) A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.

Fragmentak (a.) Fragmentary.

Fragmentak (a.) Consisting of the pulverized or fragmentary material of rock, as conglomerate, shale, etc.

Fragmental (n.) A fragmentary rock.

Fragmentarily (adv.) 成斷片地；支離破碎地 In a fragmentary manner; piecemeal.

Fragmentariness (n.) The quality or property of being in fragnebts, or broken pieces, incompleteness; want of continuity.

Fragmentary (a.) Composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire.

Fragmentary (a.) Composed of the fragments of other rocks.

Fragmentation (n.) [ U ] 碎裂；爆裂；分裂 A situation in which an industry or business activity has many companies but no one company is more important than the others.

// Industry fragmentation could end the company's dominance of the market.