foin
a thrust with a weapon.
to thrust with a weapon; lunge.
Origin of foin
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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 FordMisther 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 | AnonymousHe generally held his court on the Port-au-foin, where he sat on his throne dressed in a mantle made of a thousand pieces.
British Dictionary definitions for foin
/ (fɔɪn) archaic /
a thrust or lunge with a weapon
to thrust with a weapon
Origin of foin
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