foxed
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foxed
(fŏkst)adj.
Discolored with yellowish-brown stains: "Their set of George Eliot was foxed and buckled by the rain" (John Cheever).
[Perhaps from the color of foxes.]
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foxed
(fɒkst)adj
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) marked with spots or discolouration, as from age
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foxed
(fɒkst)adj.
stained or spotted a yellowish brown.
[1605–15]
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