Foxing

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An extra or ornamental surface of skin or leather over the upper of a shoe.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of fox.
  • noun. The discolouration of printed material with brown marks
  • Word Usage
    "Nice fizzy sign too Mr. A with only minimal 'foxing' as the enamelists say (or would if they didn't use the more prosaic term rust)."
    verb-stem
    fox