PDF Coat of Arms. + Extended History. The surname Foxx was first found in County Limerick (Irish: Luimneach) located in Southwestern Ireland, in the province of Munster, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.
Wrest(verb) to tune with a wrest, or key. Wrest(noun) the act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion. Wrest(noun) active or moving power. Wrest(noun) a key to tune a stringed instrument of music. Wrest(noun) a partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.
The definition of gist is the main point. 1  An example of gist is when you sum up in one sentence what someone has just said to you. 2  An example of gist is the legal grounds for a lawsuit.