foxed

[ fokst ]

/ fɒkst /

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adjective

deceived; tricked.

stained or spotted a yellowish brown, as by age: a dog-eared and foxed volume of poetry.

(of museum specimens of birds and mammals) having melanin pigments that have oxidized with age to a reddish-brown color.

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Origin of foxed

First recorded in 1605–15; fox + -ed²

un·foxed, adjective

He was comprehensively out-foxed by Salmond, the Scottish National Party leader, who now finds himself in a win-win position.
Anarchy for the U.K.? British Leaders Panicking Over Scottish Vote for Independence|Nico Hines|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I made him almost foxed, the poor man having but a bad head, and not used I believe nowadays to drink much wine.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
I had taken the copy of Graziani's suites off the desk, and was holding it on my lap turning over the old foxed and yellow pages.
The Lost Stradivarius|John Meade Falkner
A foxed book cannot have the fox marks removed, and such a book should be avoided.
The Private Library|Arthur L. Humphreys

If there are no flimsies, the leaf opposite a plate often shows a set-off from it and is sometimes specially badly foxed.
Fine Books|Alfred W. Pollard
"The little old foxed Molire," once the property of William Pott, unknown to fame.
Ballads of Books|Various