Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Minx

Minx (minks) , noun

[Probably of Low German origin; compare LG. minsk wench, jade, hussy, Dutch mensch; prop. the same word as Dutch & German mensch man, human being, Old High German mennisco, Anglo-Saxon mennisc, from man. See Man.]

1.
A pert or a wanton girl. — Shakespeare
2.
A she puppy; a pet dog. [Obsolete] — Udall

Minx , noun

[See Mink.]

(Zoology) The mink; -- called also minx otter. [Obsolete]