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.
(dÊÉªst) n. 1. the main or essential point of a matter: the gist of a story. 2. the ground of a legal action. [1720â30; < Anglo-French (cest action) gist (this matter) lies, derivative of Old French gesir to lie Â« Latin jacÄre]