Vixen (?), n. [AS. fixen a she-fox, for fyxen, fem. of fox. See Fox.] 1. A female fox. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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2. A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman. Barrow.
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She was a vixen when she went to school. Shak.
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