Fōx'y, a.
a. 1. Pertaining to foxes; fox-like in disposition; wily.
Sense 2. Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish-brown color; — applied sometimes to paintings, the shadows and lower tones of which are of this color.
Sense 3. Sour; unpleasant in taste; — said of wine, beer, &c., not properly fermented; — also of grapes which have the coarse flavor of the fox-grape.