foin

[foin]Archaic.

noun

a thrust with a weapon.

verb (used without object)

to thrust with a weapon; lunge.

Nearby words

Origin of foin

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

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Examples from the Web for foin

He addressed the Duke thus: "Foin de vous, Monseigneur; foin de moi; foin de tous les auditeurs."
Clergymen and Doctors|Anonymous
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
Rue du Foin runs where hay was once made in the fields of the palace park.
Historic Paris|Jetta S. Wolff
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.)

British Dictionary definitions for foin

foin

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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