foin

[ foin ]

noun

1. a thrust with a weapon.

verb (used without object)

1. to thrust with a weapon; lunge.

foin

/ fɔɪn /

noun

1. a thrust or lunge with a weapon

verb

1. to thrust with a weapon

Word History and Origins

Origin of foin¹

1325–75; Middle English (v.), apparently < Old French foine fish spear < Latin fuscina

Word History and Origins

Origin of foin¹

C14: probably from Old French foine , from Latin fuscina trident

Example Sentences

The rumor came back to his own district that he was "talkin' foin," and many of his friends there turned out to hear him.

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Misther Blake was dhrivin' to church, at about eleven o'clock o' a foin summer's mornin'.

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All are gone, an' their foin, splindid houses tumblin' down, an' the people worse off than iver.

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He addressed the Duke thus: "Foin de vous, Monseigneur; foin de moi; foin de tous les auditeurs."

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He generally held his court on the Port-au-Foin, where he sat on his throne dressed in a mantle made of a thousand pieces.

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