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Foxen

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to foxes. rare

    "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."

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of fox dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, plural, rare

    "“Oh! is hur wull—I know hur run dro' the hedge, and I'll put summit ther to stop the traffic; foxen be but warmints a'ter all's said and done, and I'll hae the ould chap's brush afore to-morrow night.”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. By surface analysis, fox + -en (plural ending).

Etymology 2

From fox + -en (having the qualities of). Compare Old English fyxen (“of foxes, foxen”).

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