Foxing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fox \Fox\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foxed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Foxing}.] [See {Fox}, n., cf. Icel. fox imposture.]
     1. To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
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              I drank . . . so much wine that I was almost foxed.


                                                    --Pepys.
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     2. To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
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     3. To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper
        leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
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