foin

[ foin ]

/ fɔɪn /

Archaic.

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noun

a thrust with a weapon.

verb (used without object)

to thrust with a weapon; lunge.

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Origin of foin

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

Words nearby foin

foie gras, foil, foilborne, foiled, foilsman, foin, Foïsm, foison, foist, Fokine, Fokker

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How to use foin in a sentence

The rumor came back to his own district that he was "talkin' foin," and many of his friends there turned out to hear him.
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him|Paul Leicester Ford
Misther Blake was dhrivin' to church, at about eleven o'clock o' a foin summer's mornin'.
Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
All are gone, an' their foin, splindid houses tumblin' down, an' the people worse off than iver.
Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
He addressed the Duke thus: "Foin de vous, Monseigneur; foin de moi; foin de tous les auditeurs."
Clergymen and Doctors|Anonymous

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.
Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period|Paul Lacroix

British Dictionary definitions for foin

foin

/ (fɔɪn) archaic /

noun

a thrust or lunge with a weapon

verb

to thrust with a weapon

Word Origin for foin

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

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