Discolored or stained; -- said of timber, and also of the paper of books or engravings.

Spots of brownish coloration to paper. Typically it is caused by non-acid free paper's reaction to the environment. Books stored in humid locations are particularly vulnerable to foxing.

Discolored, usually with reddish-brown spots, especially the leaves of a book.

as a noun, (20th century) fox refers to a media company which has earned the ire of many quakers. as a verb, being "foxed" refers to being shut down by fox (or perhaps another large corporation). when a conversion is foxed, the creators are forced to stop work and must tell the public to delete any and all references to the foxed conversion. In mainstream usage, according to wired, "foxed" is used to describe a web site "threatened with legal action for copyright infringement... coined after [Fox] sent cease-and-decease letters to unofficial X-files and Simpsons Web sites." see FIST, a site about mainstream foxing of fox-fan websites (simpsons, x-files etc), history of foxing as of yet, no quake II TCs have been foxed

drunk.

Repaired by foxing; as, foxed boots.