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Meaning of நரி in English

  • A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species.
  • The European dragonet.
  • The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.
  • A sly, cunning fellow.
  • Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats.
  • A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
  • A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies.
  • To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
  • To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
  • To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
  • To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
  • of Fox
  • Discolored or stained; -- said of timber, and also of the paper of books or engravings.
  • Repaired by foxing; as, foxed boots.
  • Behavior like that of a fox; cunning.
  • Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis.
  • The state or quality of being foxy, or foxlike; craftiness; shrewdness.
  • The state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration.
  • A coarse and sour taste in grapes.
  • Foxlike.
  • Foxiness; craftiness.
  • Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily.
  • Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color.
  • Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling.
  • Sour; unpleasant in taste; -- said of wine, beer, etc., not properly fermented; -- also of grapes which have the coarse flavor of the fox grape.

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