Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Foxed

A book stained with reddish-brown marks is said to be foxed. Of course, the stain is so called because it is of the colour of a fox.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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