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noun

Foxtail n.

The tail or brush of a fox.

(Bot.) The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria.

(Metal.) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.

Foxtail saw, a dovetail saw.

Foxtail wedging. See Fox wedge, under Fox.

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Etymology of 'Foxtail'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Foxtail" Quotes from Famous Books

... ripening. Many and various as the breeds of men, or the trees of a forest, were the stalks that made up that greenish jungle with the waving, fawn-colored surface; of rye-grass and brome-grass, of timothy, plantain, and yarrow; of bent-grass and quake-grass, foxtail, and the green-hearted trefoil; of dandelion, dock, ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... of six or eight feet; it seems to delight in the soil of the river bottoms which possess a greater mixture of sand than the hills in this neighbourhood. this is also a harsh course grass; it appears to be the same which is called the Corn grass in the Southern states, and the foxtail in Virginia. a third speceis resembles the cheet, tho the horses feed on it very freely. a fourth and most prevalent speceis is a grass which appears to be the same called the blue grass common to many parts of the United States; it is common to the bottom as ...

— The Journals of Lewis and Clark • Meriwether Lewis et al

... to the near end of Foxtail Island," suggested Ruth, and pointed to an island some distance down ...

— The Rover Boys at Colby Hall - or The Struggles of the Young Cadets • Arthur M. Winfield

Words linked to "Foxtail" : yellow bristlegrass, giant foxtail, foxtail orchid, meadow grass, foxtail barley, Setaria glauca, yellow bristle grass, Hungarian grass, foxtail grass, bottle grass, Setaria viridis, Italian millet, green bristlegrass, bristle grass, foxtail millet, meadow foxtail, yellow foxtail, green foxtail