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.
Entry for 'Wrest'. A King James Dictionary. Found in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) 3 times in the writings of Moses, namely, Exodus 23:2,6; Deuteronomy 16:19. In all three places it refers to twisting, or turning aside, or perverting judgment or justice.