foxing
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
I drank . . . so much wine that I was almost foxed.— Pepys.[1913 Webster]
2.To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment. [1913 Webster]
3.To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of. [1913 Webster]