FOUL. To foul a plate with a man, to take a dinner with him.
FOUL-MOUTHED. Abusive.
FOUNDLING. A child dropped in the streets, and found, and
educated at the parish expence.
FOUSIL. The name of a public house, where the
Eccentrics assemble in May's Buildings, St. Martin's Lane.
Fox. A sharp, cunning fellow. Also an old term for a sword, probably a rusty one, or else from its being dyed red with blood; some say this name alluded to certain swords of remarkable good temper, or metal, marked with the figure of a fox, probably the sign, or rebus, of the maker.
FOX'S PAW. The vulgar pronunciation of the French words faux pas. He made a confounded fox's paw.
FOXED. Intoxicated.
FOXEY. Rank. Stinking.
FOXING A BOOT. Mending the foot by capping it.
FOYST. A pickpocket, cheat, or rogue. See WOTTON'S GANG.