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• present tense form of faint (3rd person singular).
• plural of faint.

faints

American  

[feynts] / feɪnts /

Or feints

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.

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faints British  

/ feɪnts /

plural noun

1. a variant spelling of feints

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Etymology

Origin of faints

1735–45; noun use (in plural) of faint (adj.)

Example Sentences

Is not this better than an Hour's Diversion, To hear their Groans, and Plaints, and piteous Cries?

From Ponteach The Savages of America by Moses, Montrose Jonas

The poems are not arranged chronologically, but are classified as Songs, Romances, Sirventés, Reveries, Plaints, Sonnets, Nuptial Songs, etc.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred

Plaints made in common are almost prayers, and prayers where two or three are gathered together invoke the mercy of heaven.

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas père, Alexandre

Plaints for debts not exceeding £50 were entertained by this court, and creditors contrived to bring their claims within its jurisdiction, by dividing the amount into bills of £50.

From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by West, John

Plaints of supplication are heard through the door of a chamber in which Prelati has been evoking the Devil.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene