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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread foxing #118455 12/29/03 03:17 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 My older brother was a chemical engineer from MIT. His first job in 1935 was improving quality of rubber in sneakers. I was reminded of this as I put on my athletic shoes this morning, and noted how well the "foxing" was standing up. That was the word my brother taught me for the rubber tape that joined the fabric to the sole and the cover over the toes. I searched and found Keds ads that still use the word. I'll bet few members have heard it before. Incidentally, I didn't know until a couple years ago that "ked" is Scots word for tick or louse. I searched for definition of "foxing" and found this: 3. To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: foxing #118456 12/29/03 03:37 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I'm having a hard time finding reference to your usage Bill, but I did find this: http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt1434.html good looking girls were foxes when I was in high school... edit: found this on further search: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=foxing v. foxed, fox·ing, fox·es v. tr. 1. To trick or fool by ingenuity or cunning; outwit. 2. To baffle or confuse. 3. To make (beer) sour by fermenting. 4. To repair (a shoe) by attaching a new upper. 5. Obsolete. To intoxicate. edit II: from infoplease: fox•ing Pronunciation: (fok'sing), [key] —n. 1. material used to cover the upper portion of a shoe. 2. discoloration, as of book leaves or prints. and from Webster's via the previously linked page(I didn't scroll down far enough...): foxing 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. I drank . . . so much wine that I was almost foxed. --Pepys. 2. To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment. 3. To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: foxing #118457 12/29/03 03:58 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear etaoin: the only reason I posted the word was that few of us have not worn sneakers or the current vastly improved athletic shoes, but I'll bet I'm the only member who ever hear the word. Just because my brother worked for U.S.Rubber at footware plant in Naugatuck,Connecticut. Incidentally, how times have changed. He was lucky to get job before he graduated, and started at thirty bucks a week in 1935. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,317 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 759 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,534 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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