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wrox, v. Now dial.|rɒks|
Also 7 wroxe, 9 dial. rox.
[Of obscure origin.]
1. trans. To cause to decay or rot.
1649W. Blithe Eng. Improver vi. 34 So cut the Turfe, that the Soard may have all the Winters frost to wroxe, and moulder it. Ibid. xx. 119 For your Horse Dung..let it be but well Wroxed or Roten.
2. intr. To decay, rot. dial.
1847Halliwell, Wrox, to begin to decay. Warw. 1854–1890in dial. glossaries (Nhp., Leics., Warw., Gloucs.) s.v. Rox. |