Sentence:  ... and if Solomon was as wise as he is reputed to be, I feel sure that when he compared a contentious woman to a continual dripping on a very rainy day, he had not a <WSD>vixen</WSD> in his eye&ndash;a fury with long nails, acrid and selfish. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman.