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

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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

Foin, foin, v.i. to thrust with a sword or spear.—n. a thrust with a sword or spear.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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

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

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