vulpinary

Adjective

1. Crafty, sly, shrewd.
   • Vulpinary, [Vulpinaris,L.] crafty, subtile, wily. - 1721, An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, etc:
   • It is well known that, in a late Struggle, when a certain vulpinary Stateſman attempted to force himſelf into Power, it was thought a ſufficient Objection to his Claim, that he was honoured with the Friendſhip and...
   • The latter is the name by which this vulpinary veteran of the black art was universally known[…] - 1820, The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots magazine, page 129, column 1:
2. Relating to a fox.
   • Trust the native vine;— The Fox, the Bland, Schuylkill, and Catawba. These have withstood the chill northwestern blast, The burning sun-beams, and the summer's drought, The shade of trees, and most untimely rains. While...
   • I belonged to this latter division—not that I had any idea of a run, but, having viewed the fox take that ascent, I wished to see how they would tackle him now that the crowd was tolerably well disposed of. […] The...
3. Not spiritual or religious; common.
   • Spiritive as Scriptural mana is a fruit, under which excellent and concentrative typive man hath freely given to him to name or choose for himself the due ratify, this beautiful or bountiful gateway to the high lens in...