foin

American  

[foin] / fɔɪn /

noun

1. a thrust with a weapon.

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verb (used without object)

1. to thrust with a weapon; lunge.

foin British  

/ fɔɪn /

noun

1. a thrust or lunge with a weapon

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verb

1. to thrust with a weapon

Etymology

Origin of foin

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

Example Sentences

“Schiem’ll do foin fur loovlie young folk loik yusselfs.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“Es there a chance, friend Schiem, that Oi moit buy a foin wee peg from yeh? Moi coosin and Oi messed our danner today.....”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

They have just executed "The foin ould Irish gintleman," And are at this present writing shouting "Vive l' America, home of the free."

From The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer by Beatty, John

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

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester

Green liveries, bedad!" the General said, "and as foin a pair of high-stepping bee horses as ever a gentleman need sit behoind, let alone a docthor.

From The History of Pendennis by Thackeray, William Makepeace