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.
To wrest is to forcefully grab or take something away. You can wrest away many things, such as remote controls and championships. This word is strong and a little violent. It's not easy to wrest something away. Wresting away is a little like wrestling something away â you can't get it without a fight. Objects can be wrested away, but so can non-physical things.