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

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Example Sentences

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foin

“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

“It’s a foin piece of work, I’m told,” said he.

From We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

It’s a foin plan, sor, and all made out of the darlin’s own head.”

From Commodore Junk by George Manville Fenn

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

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley

To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse; to see thee here, to see thee there; to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy II.

From The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by John Glover

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