Foxe
[foks] /fɒks/
noun
1.
John, 1516–87, English martyrologist.
/fɒks/
noun
1.
John. 1516–87, English Protestant clergyman; author of History of the Acts and Monuments of the Church (1563), popularly known as the Book of Martyrs
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[fokst] /fɒkst/ adjective 1. deceived; tricked. 2. stained or spotted a yellowish brown, as by age: a dog-eared and foxed volume of poetry. 3. (of museum specimens of birds and mammals) having melanin pigments that have oxidized with age to a reddish-brown color. [foks] /fɒks/ noun, plural foxes (especially collectively) fox. 1. any of several […]
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[foks-fahyuh r] /ˈfɒksˌfaɪər/ noun, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. 1. organic luminescence, especially from certain fungi on decaying wood. 2. any of various fungi causing luminescence in decaying wood. /ˈfɒksˌfaɪə/ noun 1. a luminescent glow emitted by certain fungi on rotting wood See also bioluminescence n. also foxfire, late 15c., from fox (n.) + fire […]
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Fox-Fordyce disease (fŏks’-) n. A rare chronic eruption of dry papules and distended ruptured apocrine glands, with intense pruritis and follicular hyperkeratosis of the nipples, armpits, and pubic and chest regions.